Analysis of Grey Heron Statue (Haiku)



Long-legged Statue
The Grey Heron motionless
Frogs on his menu.


Scheme ABA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 1101 0110100 11110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 61
Words 10
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 52
Words per stanza (avg) 10
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Submitted on February 24, 2014

Modified on April 10, 2023

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