Analysis of Haiku From Me to You

Steve Cochrane 1955 (Cape)



My poetry here
Shows in a few words that I
Have words that you "hear".


Scheme ABA
Poetic Form Tercet 
Metre 11001 1001111 11111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 70
Words 15
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 3
Lines Amount 3
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 53
Words per stanza (avg) 15

About this poem

HAIKU, a Japanese poetry form with certain rules, but most importantly, having three lines with seventeen syllables in the pattern of 5,7,5 from top to bottom lines respectively.

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Written on February 12, 2024

Submitted by stevec.24118 on February 12, 2024

Modified by stevec.24118 on February 12, 2024

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