Analysis of Potato's Eyes (Haiku)



The potato's eyes,

Saw Irish famine, with tears,

Weeping in the dirt.


Scheme X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 011 1101011 10001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 67
Words 12
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 18
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted on August 14, 2017

Modified on April 10, 2023

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