Analysis of Tanka 07
Masaoki Shiki 1867 (Matsuyama, Ehime) – 1902 (Tokyo)
on the pine needles,
each of the slender needles,
a dewdrop rests—
a thousand pearls lie
quivering, yet never fall
| Scheme | AABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (40%) |
| Metre | 10110 1101010 011 01011 1001101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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