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First day of spring

Matsuo Basho

First day of spring--
I keep thinking about
    the end of autumn.

Translated by Robert Hass

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XXX X
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 97
Words 18
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 1
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Matsuo Basho

Iga Province · 1644 · Near Ueno
Osaka · 1694

Matsuo Bashō was the most famous poet of the Edo period in Japan. more…

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