Analysis of There was a man with tongue of wood
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
There was a man with tongue of wood
Who essayed to sing,
And in truth it was lamentable.
But there was one who heard
The clip-clapper of this tongue of wood
And knew what the man
Wished to sing,
And with that the singer was content.
| Scheme | ABCDAEBF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 1111 001110100 111111 011011111 01101 111 011010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 182 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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