Analysis of Coolness of the melons

Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)



Coolness of the melons
flecked with mud
    in the morning dew.

Translated by Robert Hass


Scheme XXX X
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 111 00101 0101101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 94
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 35
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 01, 2023

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