Analysis of Why

Philip marshall

Haiku
Why is life so hard
When love is gone by nights death
Let hope remain near

Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11111 1111111 11011
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 74
Words 16
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Written on May 07, 2022

Submitted on May 07, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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