Analysis of The Sins of the Fathers
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
"And the sins of the fathers shall be
visited upon the heads of the children,
even unto the third and fourth
generation of them that hate me."
Well, then I hate thee, unrighteous picture;
Wicked image, I hate thee;
So, strike with thy vengeance
The heads of those little men
Who come blindly.
It will be a brave thing.
| Scheme | AXXA XAXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 001101011 10001011010 10100101 01011111 11111110 1010111 111110 0111101 1110 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 338 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 124 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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