Analysis of There was set before me a mighty hill,
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
There was set before me a mighty hill,
And long days I climbed
Through regions of snow.
When I had before me the summit-view,
It seemed that my labour
Had been to see gardens
Lying at impossible distances.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110110101 01111 11011 1110110101 11111 111110 1010100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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