Analysis of There was a great cathedral
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
There was a great cathedral.
To solemn songs,
A white procession
Moved toward the altar.
The chief man there
Was erect, and bore himself proudly.
Yet some could see him cringe,
As in a place of danger,
Throwing frightened glances into the air,
A-start at threatening faces of the past.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGDEH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) |
| Metre | 1101010 1101 01010 101010 0111 101010110 111111 1001110 1010100101 01110010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 293 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 226 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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