Analysis of Once there was a man
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Once there was a man -
Oh, so wise!
In all drink
He detected the bitter,
And in all touch
He found the sting.
At last he cried thus:
'There is nothing -
No life,
No joy,
No pain -
There is nothing save opinion,
And opinion be damned.'
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIJKL |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 111 011 1010010 0011 1101 11111 1110 11 11 11 11101010 001011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 13 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 13 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 172 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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