Analysis of Twilight- Haiku Poem
Cranes dance in the light
Weaving shadows into white
Wafting off in flight
Monks dance in their plight
Moaning their religious rites
Forgiving all spites
Greeks dance in the night
Flaming torches turn dark bright
Sculptures loom in sight
I dance in twilight
| Scheme | AAA ABB AAA A |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11001 101011 10101 11011 1010101 01011 11001 1010111 10101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 1 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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