Analysis of A learned man came to me once
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
A learned man came to me once.
He said, "I know the way, -- come."
And I was overjoyed at this.
Together we hastened.
Soon, too soon, were we
Where my eyes were useless,
And I knew not the ways of my feet.
I clung to the hand of my friend;
But at last he cried, "I am lost."
Scheme | ABCDEFGHI |
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Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
Metre | 0111111 1111011 0110111 010110 11101 111010 011101111 11101111 11111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 282 |
Words | 63 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 197 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 59 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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