Analysis of A god in wrath
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
A god in wrath
Was beating a man;
He cuffed him loudly
With thunderous blows
That rang and rolled over the earth.
All people came running.
The man screamed and struggled,
And bit madly at the feet of the god.
The people cried,
"Ah, what a wicked man!"
And --
"Ah, what a redoubtable god!"
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHIBJH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 11001 11110 11001 11011001 110110 011010 0110101101 0101 110101 0 11001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 296 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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