This is an analysis of Perfume Laden Air by Sugawara Takesue no Musume.

When from the neighbouring garden the perfume-laden air
Saturates my soul with memories,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 10010010001101 1000110100 10010001011 101001001101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4