Analysis of From time to time
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
From time to time
The clouds give rest
To the moon beholders..
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 1111 0111 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 68 |
| Words | 14 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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