Missing (Senryu)




Far away some where

 Heart is humming a love tune

 Love, is that for me?
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A senryu is a three line Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku.

It is unrhymed and the subject is based human nature. It is usually satirical or ironic.

line 1 - 5 syllables

line 2 - 7 syllables

line 3 - 5 syllables

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Submitted on February 21, 2017

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X X X A A A
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 360
Words 58
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1

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