Analysis of Poor mouse (Haiku)



A mouse saw some cheese
Taken it without thinking
The poor mouse got trapped


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 01111 1010110 01111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 74
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 63
Words per stanza (avg) 14
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Submitted on January 24, 2015

Modified on April 10, 2023

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