Analysis of Supposing that I should have the courage
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Supposing that I should have the courage
To let a red sword of virtue
Plunge into my heart,
Letting to the weeds of the ground
My sinful blood,
What can you offer me?
A gardened castle?
A flowery kingdom?
What? A hope?
Then hence with your red sword of virtue.
| Scheme | XAXXXXXX XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (60%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 0101111010 11011110 10111 10101101 1101 111101 01010 010010 101 111111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 268 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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