Analysis of A man went before a strange God
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
A man went before a strange God --
The God of many men, sadly wise.
And the deity thundered loudly,
Fat with rage, and puffing.
"Kneel, mortal, and cringe
And grovel and do homage
To My Particularly Sublime Majesty."
The man fled.
Then the man went to another God --
The God of his inner thoughts.
And this one looked at him
With soft eyes
Lit with infinite comprehension,
And said, "My poor child!"
| Scheme | ABCXXXC X AXXBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01101011 011101101 001001010 111010 11001 0100110 11100001100 011 101110101 0111101 011111 111 11100010 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 407 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 1, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| 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 April 24, 2023
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