Is War All That Mankind Knows (Bussokusekika)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Is War All That Mankind Knows   (Bussokusekika)

Will the master come
So he may teach his students
The Black Flag’s been raised
Is not white a wiser choice
Can there be peace through bloodshed
Is war all that mankind knows

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   01/04/2023

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Just a silly poem about nothing in general…

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Written on January 04, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on January 04, 2024

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X XXXXXX X
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 268
Words 48
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 6, 1

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