Analysis of Behold, from the land of the farther suns
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Behold, from the land of the farther suns
I returned.
And I was in a reptile-swarming place,
Peopled, otherwise, with grimaces,
Shrouded above in black impenetrableness.
I shrank, loathing,
Sick with it.
And I said to him,
"What is this?"
He made answer slowly,
"Spirit, this is a world;
This was your home."
| Scheme | ABCDAEFGHIJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0110110101 101 0110010101 10101100 1001011 1110 111 01111 111 111010 101101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 316 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 235 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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