Analysis of Basho's Death Poem
Matsuo Basho 1644 (Near Ueno) – 1694 (Osaka)
Sick on my journey,
only my dreams will wander
these desolate moors
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Haiku Tercet |
| Metre | 11110 1011110 11001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 75 |
| Words | 14 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 55 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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