Analysis of How’s That For Chaos (Senryu)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



How’s That For Chaos   (Senryu)

Three plus three plus three
Does equal one point eight grams
How’s that for chaos

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   02/15/2024


Scheme X XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 111101 11111 1101111 11110 10010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 161
Words 27
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 39
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

This one is about converting Grams to Carats…And for those of you who are asking youselves…And what of the weight of the plastic baggie???Well I did place it on the balance and tare it before I placed the hairs into it…How is that for Karma???What thinks ye Mary of thee three???

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Written on January 15, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on January 15, 2024

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on January 15, 2024

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