Analysis of deep into autumn

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



Deep into autumn
and this caterpillar
still not a butterfly


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10110 01100 11010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 65
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) 50
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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