Analysis of Why Should I Be Bitter
Saigyo 1118 (Kyoto) – 1190
Why should I be bitter
About someone who was
A complete stranger
Until a certain moment
In a day that has passed.
| Scheme | ABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111110 01111 00110 0101010 001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 121 |
| Words | 24 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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