Analysis of Ancestry
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
ONCE I saw mountains angry,
And ranged in battle-front.
Against them stood a little man;
Ay, he was no bigger than my finger.
I laughed, and spoke to one near me,
“Will he prevail?”
“Surely,” replied this other;
“His grandfathers beat them many times.”
Then did I see much virtue in grandfathers,—
At least, for the little man
Who stood against the mountains.
| Scheme | ABCDAEDFGCH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 010101 01110101 1111101110 11011111 1101 1001110 11011101 1111110010 1110101 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 373 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 275 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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