Analysis of Variations on 'The short night--'
Yosa Buson 1716 (Settsu Province) – 1783
Below are eleven Buson haiku
beginning with the phrase
'The short night--'
The short night--
on the hairy caterpillar
beads of dew.
The short night--
patrolmen
washing in the river.
The short night--
bubbles of crab froth
among the river reeds.
The short night--
a broom thrown away
on the beach.
The short night--
the Oi River
has sunk two feet.
The short night--
on the outskirts of the village
a small shop opening.
The short night--
broken, in the shallows,
a crescent moon.
The short night--
the peony
has opened.
The short night--
waves beating in,
an abandoned fire.
The short night--
near the pillow
a screen turning silver.
The short night--
shallow footprints
on the beach at Yui.
Translated by Robert Hass
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The short night-
a watery moon
stands alone over the hill
The short night--
just as I'm falling asleep
my wife's waking up
| Scheme | abC Cda Cxd Cxx Cxx Cdx Cxx Cbe Cxx Cxd Cfd Cxx x a xCf a Cex Cxx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011010110 010101 011 011 1010100 111 011 001 100010 011 10111 010101 011 01101 101 011 0110 1111 011 1011010 011100 011 10001 0101 011 0100 110 011 1100 101010 011 1010 011010 011 101 10111 0101101 1001001110 011110010101 011 01101101 1111111 011 01001 1011001 011 1111001 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 1,030 |
| Words | 184 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 18 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 1, 1, 3, 1, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 48 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 43 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 10 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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