Analysis of A Sparrow Dies (Haiku)
The little sparrow
on the wire shuts its eyes
while life dims and dies
| Scheme | X A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010 1010111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 68 |
| Words | 14 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 19 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 5 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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