Analysis of Haiku

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



scent of plum blossoms
on the misty mountain path
a big rising sun


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11110 1010101 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 72
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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