Winter Solstice

Cullen Johnson 2005 (Helena, MT)



The cold winter sun

Makes an early appearance

Only for us few

About this poem

This poem is an example of a Japanese haiku form of poetry that is commonly used with the 5-7-5 form of writing.

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Written on February 24, 2022

Submitted by cjohnson_1 on February 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme X X X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 63
Words 14
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1

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