Terse? Unfriendly? Me?

Hm. I normally get a kick out o' these little quizzes. But this one?

Hmm.

I am the tanka. The attention of others Is unnerving, and Since I try not to draw it, I'm left alone. Which is good. What Poetry Form Are You?

I find this distrubingly close to the mark. How, then, does one explain the presence of Left of the Dial? One cannot and therefore one does not even attempt to.

Innerestingly, beneath this, it said:

"If you were not tanka, you'd be haiku."

I've never taken one of these here personality tests that gave multiple choice.

Short, terse, unfriendly, Yet sometimes quite emotive; I am the Haiku. What Poetry Form Are You?

Emotive? Emotive?! Kiss my ass!

H/T: The impossibly perfect Top Management.

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[Tom E.]

Since I was an English major, I get to say "sestina" with a knowing smirk.

[xixi]

I'm terza rima, and I talk and smile.
Where others lock their rhymes and thoughts away
I let mine out, and chatter all the while.

I'm rarely on my own - a wasted day
Is any day that's spent without a friend,
With nothing much to do or hear or say.

I like to be with people, and depend
On company for being entertained;
Which seems a good solution, in the end. What Poetry Form Are You?

If not this then I would be a Lai. must. not. make. fertility, jokes.

[DT]

Is the fact that I'm a "sonnet" some kind of smirky cyber-attack on my manhood? I so wanted to be a haiku.

Although my second place is a "heroic couplet." At least one of those two words has never, ever been used to describe me.

Could've been worse, I guess. I could've been a "Rod McKuen Ballad."

[Ed]

On another note, just wanted to say thanks for the tip. The foot rub works well, as does complement nicely having a mutually open and frank relationship.

[KathyR]

I am also a tanka, but my alternative was a sonnet. Clearly, as long suspected, I am schizophrenic.