Analysis of A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
A man feared that he might find an assassin;
Another that he might find a victim.
One was more wise than the other.
| Scheme | ABC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet |
| Metre | 01111111010 0101111010 11111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 123 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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