Analysis of A man said to the universe:
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
A man said to the universe:
"Sir I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."
| Scheme | ABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Cinquain (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 0111010 1101 1001010 011101001 011010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 139 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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