Analysis of The behavior of the pigeon
Yosa Buson 1716 (Settsu Province) – 1783
The behavior of the pigeon
is beyond reproach,
but the mountain cuckoo?
Translated by Robert Hass
Scheme | XXX X |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 00101010 10101 10101 0101101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 102 |
Words | 18 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 1 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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