Analysis of The Black Riders
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Black riders came from the sea.
There was clang and clang of spear and shield,
And clash and clash of hoof and heel,
Wild shouts and the wave of hair
In the rush upon the wind:
Thus the ride of sin.
| Scheme | ABCDEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101101 111011101 01011101 1100111 0010101 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 153 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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