Analysis of Missing (Senryu)
Far away some where
Heart is humming a love tune
Love, is that for me?
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A senryu is a three line Japanese poem structurally similar to haiku.
It is unrhymed and the subject is based human nature. It is usually satirical or ironic.
line 1 - 5 syllables
line 2 - 7 syllables
line 3 - 5 syllables
| Scheme | X X X X X A A A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111 1110011 11111 1 01101101101000100110 111000111101011100001001010 1100 1100 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 360 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 8 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 1, 2, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 28 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on February 21, 2017
Modified on March 05, 2023
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