There was crimson clash of war.

Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900



There was crimson clash of war.
Lands turned black and bare;
Women wept;
Babes ran, wondering.
There came one who understood not these things.
He said, "Why is this?"
Whereupon a million strove to answer him.
There was such intricate clamour of tongues,
That still the reason was not.

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 21, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme ABCDEFGHI
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 292
Words 52
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9

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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