Analysis of The morning sky is perfectly clear

Santoka Taneda 1882 ( Japan Yamaguchi prefecture) – 1940 ( Japan)



The morning sky is perfectly clear
A gently flowing cloud is in a straight line

The color of sunset is very beautiful
I have just spent modestly my times of today


Scheme XX XX
Poetic Form Couplet 
Metre 010111001 01010110011 01011110100 111110011101
Closest metre Iambic hexameter
Characters 167
Words 33
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 2, 2
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 33
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 66
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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Santoka Taneda

Taneda Santōka (種田 山頭火, birth name: Taneda Shōichi 種田 正一; 3 December 1882 – 11 October 1940) was the pen-name of a Japanese author and haiku poet. He is known for his free verse haiku — a style which does not conform to the formal rules of traditional haiku.  more…

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