This is an analysis of the poem Haiku (Never Published) that begins with:

Drinking my tea
Without sugar-...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abc Xde XfX bge heXd hii hXc jkcX Xcd kgi kea lkc fGl iGm jab dem eed gge kde laX Xdc XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,3,4,3,3,4,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011 0110 1100 0101 111 11111 10100 010111 111101 1010110 101110 01010 1010 110101 00101 11001 110010 11 11111 1010 11010 101010 0110 00111 1011110 1010 101 011 101001 0101 1101 01100 011111 011101 0101 111 011111 011 11010 01111 0111 1101 01111 00101 1110 1011111 010010 011 0100010 01111 1001 1011 1001 10111 001 01011 10011 01101 10101 010011 01 01100 011001 10010 1101 100100111011 1011011101 11101000
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 131
  • Amount of lines: 89
  • Average number of symbols per line: 24 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of Haiku (Never Published);
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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