Analysis of Heat waves shimmering
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Heat waves shimmering
one or two inches
above the dead grass.
Translated by Robert Hass
| Scheme | XXA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11100 11110 01011 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 100 |
| 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) | 36 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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