Analysis of Tanka 10
Masaoki Shiki 1867 (Matsuyama, Ehime) – 1902 (Tokyo)
I do not know the day
my pain will end yet
in the little garden
I had them plant
seeds of autumn flowers
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka (60%) Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111101 11111 001010 1111 111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 108 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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