Analysis of On the white poppy
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
On the white poppy,
a butterfly’s torn wing
is a keepsake
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 10110 0111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 65 |
| Words | 13 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 45 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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