Analysis of I heard thee laugh
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
I HEARD thee laugh,
And in this merriment
I defined the measure of my pain;
I knew that I was alone,
Alone with love,
Poor shivering love,
And he, little sprite,
Came to watch with me,
And at midnight
We were like two creatures by a dead camp-fire.
| Scheme | ABCDEEBFBG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (30%) |
| Metre | 1111 0011 101010111 1111101 0111 11001 01101 11111 011 101110101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 256 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 48 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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