Analysis of Life Haikus 1

Gaurav Mehra

Haiku
STINGING ICY RAIN
SLOVEN STARVING SHOELESS GIRL
BEGS FOR ALMS, ALL SMILES...

Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10101 11011 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 76
Words 12
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 12

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There's the cold of poverty everywhere, and little children defy it in the poetic of ways

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Submitted by gaurav_m on January 19, 2024

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Gaurav Mehra

Hi, I am 47, and I was born in Bombay, now Mumbai - a rebound to its earlier name. I've realized it isn't just names that change but cities and people too. I've changed. Umpteen times. And a thousand circles later I'm back to writing poetry, a passion that began when I first fell in love a million years ago. I was 13 then, and a fool, realizing not the causes that make a poet of a boy. I love the sea and the mountains alike so I am perennially inspired to write poetry. more…

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