Analysis of Winds Of Autumn

Saigyo 1118 (Kyoto) – 1190



Even in a person
most times indifferent
to things around him
they waken feelings
the first winds of autumn


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka  (60%)
Tetractys  (40%)
Cinquain  (40%)
Metre 100010 11010 11011 11010 011110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 110
Words 21
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Saigyo

Saigyō Hōshi was a famous Japanese poet of the late Heian and early Kamakura period. more…

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