Analysis of Four Haiku
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Spring:
A hill without a name
Veiled in morning mist.
The beginning of autumn:
Sea and emerald paddy
Both the same green.
The winds of autumn
Blow: yet still green
The chestnut husks.
A flash of lightning:
Into the gloom
Goes the heron's cry.
Translated by Geoffrey Bownas And Anthony Thwaite
| Scheme | AXB CXD CDX AXX B |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1 010101 10101 0010110 101010 1011 01110 1111 011 01110 0101 10101 010110101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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