Analysis of haiku

Bryan K Shaw 1979 (Earth)



Rain swept tear; flower,
In desire, hate, and love.
Neverending pain.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11110 0010101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 67
Words 11
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 11

About this poem

A haiku I wrote in the 90's for an English assignment. Was told by friends to put it here.

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Written on December 31, 1997

Submitted by tepidneglect on October 10, 2021

Modified on April 10, 2023

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