Analysis of Haiku



moistly, smile sidles
keenly, coldly, glumly fist
quailing, jabbering


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Katauta 
Tercet 
Metre 1110 1010101 11
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 67
Words 9
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 3
Letters per stanza (avg) 57
Words per stanza (avg) 9
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Submitted on June 21, 2017

Modified on April 27, 2023

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David Ehrgott

There are two types of words in the english language. A: the written word and B: the spoken word. There once was a time that they mirrored each other. Unfortunately, the higher learning schools today concentrate on what makes them the most money. Which is: professional sports learning. Thus, destroying what once was a proper education. Since the spoken word will now never reflect the written word, we must change the written word to reflect the spoken word. Because people just don't talk like dat no mo'. more…

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