Analysis of The passing spring
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
The passing spring
Birds mourn,
Fishes weep
With tearful eyes.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 11 101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 67 |
| Words | 12 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 51 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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