Analysis of Why?
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Behold, the grave of a wicked man,
And near it, a stern spirit.
There came a drooping maid with violets,
But the spirit grasped her arm.
'No flowers for him,' he said.
The maid wept:
'Ah, I loved him.'
But the spirit, grim and frowning:
'No flowers for him.'
Now, this is it -
If the spirit was just,
Why did the maid weep?
| Scheme | XX XXXXAXA XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110101 0110110 1101011100 1010101 1101111 011 1111 10101010 11011 1111 101011 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 331 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 7, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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