Analysis of I saw a man pursuing the horizon
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
I saw a man pursuing the horizon;
Round and round they sped.
I was disturbed at this;
I accosted the man.
"It is futile," I said,
"You can never -- "
"You lie," he cried,
And ran on.
| Scheme | XAXXAX XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010100010 10111 110111 101001 111011 1110 1111 011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 190 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 18, 2023
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