Analysis of Eaten alive
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Eaten alive by
lice and fleas -- now the horse
beside my pillow pees
| Scheme | ABB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 10011 101101 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 74 |
| Words | 16 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 53 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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