Analysis of Haiku: Rain



Teardrops are falling
from the dark and cloudy sky,
cleansing me of sins.


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 1110 1010101 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 71
Words 13
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 59
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on April 10, 2023

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