Analysis of As they begin to rise again
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
As they begin to rise again
Chrysanthemums faintly smell,
After the flooding rain
Scheme | ABC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tercet |
Metre | 11011101 0100101 100101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 87 |
Words | 15 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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