Analysis of The "High Tea" Haiku
"The Empress" -- appointed to impress ....
the clockwork-protocol-pride of Victoria, B.C.
.... 4pm each afternoon: "High Tea"
Note:
Traditional British "High Tea" and "Afternoon Tea" have
become essentially interchangeable terms over the passage of years, however, in earlier times "Afternoon Tea" was served at 4 pm,
and typically consisted of tea, sandwiches, cake, and/or scones, etc., as a daily snack-time ritual, whereas "High Tea" was distinctly different in that it was commonly associated with a larger, more filling meal generally served in the early evening. In modern times, "High Tea" is often used as a substitute expression of "Afternoon Tea", and the word "Supper" has become the more commonly-used terminology for describing the evening meal in-place of the old world term of "High Tea" .... thus certain variations exisit and are permitted within the system of British protocol.
| Scheme | XXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010010101 01101101001 1110111 1 0100101100111 010100010011001011100100101111111 0100010111001011100101011100011110101000111100010010101101100010010100101111101101001010110011010101100101001010010101101111111100101010100101011010 |
| Characters | 891 |
| Words | 137 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 100 |
| Words per line (avg) | 20 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 349 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 70 |
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Submitted on November 09, 2016
Modified on April 10, 2023
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