Analysis of The Seniormost (haiku)

Meshack Bwoyele Keya 1960 (Vihiga)



The argument raged.

The senior most would be sought.

The ear or the eye?


Scheme X X X
Poetic Form
Metre 01001 0101111 01101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 70
Words 14
Sentences 3
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 1, 1
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 19
Words per stanza (avg) 5

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