Analysis of Gum

Eliab Johnson 1989 (Columbus MS)



The Sally Rally Bally shop is where I get my fruity gum,
The gum explodes inside my mouth like fallen bombs inside the mines,
I chew my gum to calm my nerves,
Without my gum I lose my mind,
As the flavor melts away the nerves start raging back to me.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 0101010111111101 0101011111010101 11111111 01111111 101010101110111
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 250
Words 55
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 39
Words per line (avg) 10
Letters per stanza (avg) 195
Words per stanza (avg) 51
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Eliab Johnson

Eliab Johnson started writing poetry, books for fun at age 14 . He slowly stopped over the years getting caught up in life. He obtained his business management degree later starting a small business that has been a great success. The business has impacted so many lives in such positive ways. In the process he gained two kids a boy and a girl. He is a born and raised country gentleman from Columbus, MS. more…

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