Analysis of Oh Sweet Seroquel (Senryu)

Edwin Tanguma 1966 (CA)



Oh Sweet Seroquel   (Senryu)

It’s that time of day
It is time to Quell my self
Oh sweet Seroquel

Edwin Tanguma   Aka   Dagesh   4/11/2024


Scheme X XXX X
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 1111 11111 1111111 111 10010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 143
Words 28
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 3, 1
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 34
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

One shrink took me off of my ambien and another one put me on Seroquel…Damn…I haven’t had Quell since the dark years…I’d forgotten how peacefully I sleep with it…I used to trade my top ramen for 100mg tab and cut it into 4 pieces and take one piece per day…

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Written on April 11, 2024

Submitted by EdwinRayTanguma on April 11, 2024

Modified by EdwinRayTanguma on April 11, 2024

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