Analysis of In this world of ours,
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Yo no naka wa kutte hako shite nete okite
Sate sono ato wa shinuru bakari zo
In this world of ours,
We eat only to cast out,
Sleep only to wake,
And what comes after all that
Is simply to die at last.
| Scheme | AB BAXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111111 1111111 011110 1110111 11011 0111011 1101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 208 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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