Analysis of Ungraciously
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Ungraciously, under
a great soldier's empty helmet,
a cricket sings
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 110 01101010 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 75 |
| Words | 12 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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