Analysis of The Cherry Blossom Tree
Cherry blossom tree
swaying slowly above me
looking out at sea
the flowers fall to the ground
pinks, purples, magentas too
| Scheme | AAABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | ~Tanka |
| Metre | 10101 1010011 10111 0101101 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 118 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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