Analysis of Once again (Senryu)
Sun, rain and rainbow
Relapsed love is back to shape
Love again been shone
A senryu is a three line Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku.
It is unrhymed and the subject is based human nature. It is usually satirical or ironic.
line 1 - 5 syllables
line 2 - 7 syllables
line 3 - 5 syllables
Scheme | X X X X X A A A |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101 0111111 10111 01101101101000100110 111000111101011100001001010 1100 1100 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 291 |
Words | 57 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 29 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on February 21, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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