Analysis of Snow Lingers (Haiku)



It is cold outside
Clouds block sunshine all day long
The snow lingers still


Scheme ABC
Poetic Form Haiku 
Tercet 
Metre 11111 111111 01101
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 August 26, 2014

Modified on April 10, 2023

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