Analysis of autumn is leaving

Masaoka Shiki 1867 (Matsuyama) – 1902 (Tokyo)



autumn is leaving
tugging each others' branches
two pine trees


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10110 1011010 111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 68
Words 12
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Masaoka Shiki

Masaoka Shiki, pen-name of Masaoka Noboru, was a Japanese poet, author, and literary critic in Meiji period Japan. Shiki is regarded as a major figure in the development of modern haiku poetry. He also wrote on reform of tanka poetry. Some consider Shiki to be one of the four great haiku masters, the others being Matsuo Bashō, Yosa Buson, and Kobayashi Issa. more…

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