Analysis of On the horizon the peaks assembled
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
On the horizon the peaks assembled;
And as I looked,
The march of the mountains began.
As they marched, they sang,
"Aye! We come! We come!"
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Cinquain (20%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 1001001010 0111 01101001 11111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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