Coolness

Yosa Buson 1716 (Settsu Province) – 1783



Coolness--
the sound of the bell
    as it leaves the bell.
    

Translated by Robert Hass

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Scheme XAA X
Closest metre Iambic dimeter
Characters 94
Words 17
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1

Yosa Buson

Yosa Buson or Yosa no Buson was a Japanese poet and painter of the Edo period. more…

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