Analysis of Fear
Harold Hart Crane 1899 (Garrettsville, Ohio) – 1932 (Gulf of Mexico)
The host, he says that all is well
And the fire-wood glow is bright;
The food has a warm and tempting smell,-
But on the window licks the night.
Pile on the logs... Give me your hands,
Friends! No,- it is not fright...
But hold me... somewhere I heard demands...
And on the window licks the night.
Scheme | ABAB CBCB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01111111 00101111 011010101 11010101 11011111 111111 11111101 01010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 298 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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