Analysis of zen



Doing nothing
is
doing something
inner self
resting


Scheme ABACA
Poetic Form Lanturne  (80%)
Tetractys  (60%)
Metre 1010 1 1010 101 10
Characters 47
Words 8
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 9
Words per line (avg) 2
Letters per stanza (avg) 44
Words per stanza (avg) 8
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Submitted on May 01, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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