Analysis of Truth
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
"Truth," said a traveller,
"Is a rock, a mighty fortress;
Often have I been to it,
Even to its highest tower,
From whence the world looks black."
"Truth," said a traveller,
"Is a breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom;
Long have I pursued it,
But never have I touched
The hem of its garment."
And I believed the second traveller;
For truth was to me
A breath, a wind,
A shadow, a phantom,
And never had I touched
The hem of its garment.
Scheme | Axbax AcDbeFaxcDeF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110100 10101010 1011111 10111010 110111 110100 10101 01010 111011 110111 011110 0101010100 11111 0101 01010 010111 011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 441 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 12 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 42 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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