Analysis of Once a man clambering to the housetops
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.
With strong voice he called to the deaf spheres;
A warrior's shout he raised to the suns.
Lo, at last, there was a dot on the clouds,
And -- at last and at last --
-- God -- the sky was filled with armies.
| Scheme | AAAAABA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1011101 011010 111111011 01111101 1111101101 011011 10111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 277 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 55 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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