Analysis of Forth went the candid man
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Forth went the candid man
And spoke freely to the wind --
When he looked about him he was in a far strange country.
Forth went the candid man
And spoke freely to the stars --
Yellow light tore sight from his eyes.
"My good fool," said a learned bystander,
"Your operations are mad."
"You are too candid," cried the candid man,
And when his stick left the head of the learned bystander
It was two sticks.
| Scheme | Axx Axx bx abx |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 0110101 11101111001110 110101 0110101 10111111 11110110 101011 1111010101 011110110110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 411 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 2, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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