Analysis of In the rock garden
Yaroslav Timchenko 2003 (Khabarovsk)
There's not a sound to be heard,
Only pebbles and moss…
Like the neck of a crane bird
A row of stones stretched out with gloss.
Here is a monk sitting right in the middle, -
Closed his eyes and went into a trance.
He seems to be solving some kind of riddle
In order to calm the rebellious soul in advance.
Somewhere nearby you can notice a stream,
Carefully carrying fallen sakura leaves.
The shining crimson from the sunbeam
Showers sparks on ancient temples with eaves.
Forgetting about everything on earth
And meditating until the end of time.
Then you can realize what it's worth, -
How in harmony achieve your prime.
Scheme | ABAB CDCD EFEF GHGH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101111 101001 1011011 01111111 11011010010 111010101 11111011110 0101100101001 111111001 100100100101 01010101 1011101011 010011011 0100010111 11110111 101000111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 627 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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