Analysis of Water Lilies in His Pond (Haiku)



Water lilies grow

Covering my pond this year

White and delicate

With tints of light pink

Looks light a painting from Mona

Of his backyard pond

Moments he captured in time

Beyond his lifetime


Scheme X X X X X X A A
Poetic Form
Metre 10101 1001111 10100 11111 11010110 1111 1011001 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 199
Words 36
Sentences 1
Stanzas 8
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 20
Words per stanza (avg) 4
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Submitted on July 18, 2013

Modified on April 10, 2023

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