Analysis of The struggle - haiku/tanka



In face of a storm
Can wait for impending death
Or put up a fight

Death is imminent one day
But a fight brings in prospect


Scheme XXX XX
Poetic Form Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 01101 1110101 11101 1110011 1011010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 118
Words 26
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 3, 2
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 49
Words per stanza (avg) 13
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Submitted by tejimanik on August 25, 2014

Modified on April 10, 2023

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