Analysis of An Old Pond
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
old pond.....
a frog leaps in
water's sound
Scheme | ABC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Tercet |
Metre | 11 0110 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 49 |
Words | 10 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 3 |
Lines Amount | 3 |
Letters per line (avg) | 10 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 30 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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