Analysis of Many red devils ran from my heart
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Many red devils ran from my heart
And out upon the page,
They were so tiny
The pen could mash them.
And many struggled in the ink.
It was strange
To write in this red muck
Of things from my heart.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101101111 010101 10110 01111 01010001 111 110111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 204 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 152 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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