Analysis of a world of dew

Kobayashi Issa 1763 (Shinano Province) – 1828 (Shinano Province)



The world of dew is, yes,
a world of dew,
but even so


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Quinzaine 
Tercet 
Metre 011111 0111 1101
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 59
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 13
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 38
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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Kobayashi Issa

Kobayashi Issa, was a Japanese poet and lay Buddhist priest of the Jōdo Shinshū sect known for his haiku poems and journals. more…

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