Analysis of Winter Sun

Cullen Johnson 2005 (Helena, MT)



The cold winter sun

Makes an early appearance

Only for us few


Scheme X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 01101 1110010 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 63
Words 14
Sentences 1
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 17
Words per stanza (avg) 4

About this poem

This poem is an example of a Japanese haiku form of poetry that is commonly used with the 5-7-5 form of writing.

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Written on February 24, 2022

Submitted by cjohnson_1 on February 28, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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