Analysis of K.B.W (A Tanka Compilation; The Final Encore)
This child of God
Made in his perfect image
Given a talent
To write and share poetry
He had a pen and paper
He wrote about love
About friends and family
People took notice
Loved what he represented
Others tried to destroy him
They slandered his name
Racist, homophobic slurs
He endured it all
Overcame adversity
Woke up to reality
Fighting for freedom
Every form of corruption
Is what he exposed
Humanity must be saved
Mental slavery must end!!!
Self-worth still intact
Demonic trolls are nothing
They will be ignored
From here on out starting now
His fans mean the world to him
They give him support
Some have become his good friends
Grateful he is now
Poetic community
Is what he asked and received
Poetry.com's
Most controversial poet
Diamante king
Shall now transition elsewhere
Black rose... regrow from concrete...
Note: Just because this is the end for me at poetry.com, doesn't mean that this is the last you will hear from me. I am writing my debut novel, a poetry novel officially titled; ''The Black Rose That Died... And Regrew From Concrete''. Many of my posts will be featured in the novel. The main reason why I became a member of this site is because I wanted to test my poems for reception from the public. Now I am more determined than ever to finish the book, release it, and share it with many people as humanly possible. Please my dear poets, let's start respecting one another and prove to the world that poetry is not dead... and most importantly, NEVER LET ANYONE SACRIFICE YOUR ARTISTIC INTEGRITY! IT'S NOT JUST WHAT YOU STAND FOR. IT'S WHAT YOU FALL FOR TOO.
Take care and Godspeed.
Ke Andre Bell-Washington
A Tanka is a Japenese form of short poetry similar to a haiku or a senryu in terms of construction (5 syllables in the first line, 7 syllables in the second line, and 5 syllables in the third line). A Tanka, however, has 2 extra lines (7 syllables in each of the 4th and 5th lines). A Tanka can be either about nature or humanity.
Scheme | XXXAX XABXC XXXAA XDXXX XEXFC XXFAX BXEXX X X D A |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 1010110 10010 1101100 1101010 11011 0110100 10110 111010 1011011 11011 100101 10111 1010100 11110 10110 10011010 11101 0100111 1010011 11101 0101110 11101 1111101 1110111 11101 1101111 10111 0100100 1111001 1 101010 0101 110101 111101 11011101111110111101111111110101100100100100101111101111011111100010011011010101111011101111010101010111101011011001011011110101100100111101101010100110111001110101001011010101001001111111111111 11010 111100 01101111100100101010101101010000111000010101000011011011011000110110111011110011010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
Characters | 1,926 |
Words | 355 |
Sentences | 19 |
Stanzas | 11 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 39 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 9 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on August 21, 2014
Modified on May 01, 2023
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