Analysis of Poem 846
Germinating seed
Sprouting through the moist spring soil
Reaching for the sun
Life's cycle begins anew
As expectantly I wait
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tanka |
| Metre | 11 1010111 10101 1100101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 120 |
| Words | 20 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on April 01, 2015
Modified on March 05, 2023
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