Analysis of Tanka 03
Masaoki Shiki 1867 (Matsuyama, Ehime) – 1902 (Tokyo)
The man
I used to meet in the mirror
is no more.
Now I see a wasted face.
It dribbles tears.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Tanka (40%) Cinquain (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 01 11110010 111 1110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 96 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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