Analysis of Mystic shadow
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Mystic shadow, bending near me,
Who art thou?
Whence come ye?
And -- tell me -- is it fair
Or is the truth bitter as eaten fire?
Tell me!
Fear not that I should quaver.
For I dare -- I dare.
Then, tell me!
| Scheme | ABACDADCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (22%) |
| Metre | 1011011 111 111 011111 11011011010 11 1111110 11111 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 146 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 44 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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