Analysis of Haiku XVI

Corneigh Hoff 1950 (Assendelft)



sailing to the north
sounding bells ring through the clouds
in your dreams, go forth


Scheme ABA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10101 1011101 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 84
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 69
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Written on April 25, 2023

Submitted by CorneighHoff on April 24, 2023

Modified on April 24, 2023

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