A Somonka Lovestruck Confession
Karl Constantine FOLKES 1935 (Portland)
About this poem
Written in the classic style of a Japanese somonka art form involving a two-part poem, with a statement and a response, this two-stanza unrhymed poem recreates the Dr. Jekyll-Mister Hyde hypothesis that in each individual is a “good” side (represented by the somonka statement, or the the first stanza of the poem), and an “evil” or hidden, suppressed side (represented by the somonka response, or the second stanza of the poem). What this somonka poem informs us is how essentially “ingrained” a response is to the somonka statement. more »
Written on February 03, 2022
Submitted by karlcfolkes on February 04, 2022
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
| Scheme | AXXAX XXXXA |
|---|---|
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 57 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
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