Analysis of Think As I Think
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
"Think as I think," said a man,
"Or you are abominably wicked;
You are a toad."
And after I had thought of it,
I said, "I will, then, be a toad."
| Scheme | XXA XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (40%) Lanturne (20%) |
| Metre | 1111101 111110 1101 01011111 11111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 153 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 50 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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