Analysis of The Wayfarer
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
The wayfarer,
Perceiving the pathway to truth,
Was struck with astonishment.
It was thickly grown with weeds.
"Ha," he said,
"I see that none has passed here
In a long time."
Later he saw that each weed
Was a singular knife.
"Well," he mumbled at last,
"Doubtless there are other roads."
| Scheme | ABCDEAFGHIJ |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 0100111 1110100 1110111 111 1111111 0011 1011111 101001 111011 1011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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