Analysis of The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
The livid lightnings flashed in the clouds;
The leaden thunders crashed.
A worshipper raised his arm.
"Hearken! Hearken! The voice of God!"
"Not so," said a man.
"The voice of God whispers in the heart
So softly
That the soul pauses,
Making no noise,
And strives for these melodies,
Distant, sighing, like faintest breath,
And all the being is still to hear."
| Scheme | XXXX XXXXXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010101001 010101 01111 110111 11101 011110001 110 10110 1011 0111100 10101101 010101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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