My Father's Winning His War (Bussokusekika)

Edwin R Tanguma 1966 (CA)



My Father's Winning His War   (Bussokusekika)

I gave fair warning
Of the things that were to come
I'll say it again
Return my signet or else
Events will get even worse
My Father's winning his war

Dagesh aka Edwin R Tanguma   6/13/2022

About this poem

This poem is about how bad I perceive things to be now and how much worse things may get, IF my little signet seal is not returned to me soon...Oh well...How much worse can things get???

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Written on June 13, 2022

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on June 13, 2022

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on June 13, 2022

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Quick analysis:

Scheme A AXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 236
Words 44
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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