Analysis of HAIKU - Secrets of the sea.



Neptune hides them well
In a place where no one dwells
Under a giant shell.


Scheme ABA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 10111 0011111 100101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 73
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 60
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on June 20, 2014

Modified on April 10, 2023

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