Analysis of Buddha-death
Masaoka Shiki 1867 (Matsuyama) – 1902 (Tokyo)
Buddha-death:
the moonflower's face,
the snake gourd's fart
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 101 011 0111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 67 |
| Words | 10 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 47 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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