Analysis of ACE (haiku)

Andy Lyle 1951 (Londonderry)



A ball down the line
Cannot be returned from there
Even if he tries


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 01101 1010111 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 65
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 54
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted by andylyle1 on March 29, 2014

Modified on April 10, 2023

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