Analysis of Falling

Kimberly Raymond 1982 (Portland,ME)



Helplessly it falls.
Plunging to uncertain depths
Rushing waters crash.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 10011 1010101 10101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 71
Words 11
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 10

About this poem

This is a Haiku I wrote after being inspired but a waterfall. I actually wrote this poem in 7th grade!

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Written on April 21, 1995

Submitted by Kraymond on November 20, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Kimberly Raymond

I’m a school counselor who has a passion for helping my students know how much they matter everyday. Ever since I was a young child I have loved to write. Over the years I have enjoyed writing poems, stories and articles in my free time. more…

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