As The War Grinds On (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



As The War As  Grinds On   (Bussokusekika)

As the war grinds on
Mankind remains ignorant
To God's stern rebuke
Jehovah is My Father
He's the one true God of war
No man can stand against him

Edwin Tanguma   4/3/2023

About this poem

I am still under the impression that Jehovah is in a Holy War with mankind...I guess that we will just have to continue on with the let's continue to wait and see approach...Oh well...How much worse can things get???As IF I can be whom I claim to be...

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Written on April 03, 2023

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 03, 2023

Modified on April 26, 2023

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6

Quick analysis:

Scheme A XXAXXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 216
Words 41
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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