Analysis of Man, The

Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900



A man said to the universe,
"Sir, I exist!"
"However," replied the universe,
"The fact has not created in me
A sense of obligation."


Scheme ABACD
Poetic Form Cinquain  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 0111010 1101 1001010 011101001 011010
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 128
Words 27
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 97
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on August 03, 2020

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Stephen Crane

Stephen Crane was an American politician from Elizabethtown who was a delegate to the Continental Congress from 1774 to 1776. more…

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