Analysis of To the maiden
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
To the maiden
The sea was blue meadow,
Alive with little froth-people
Singing.
To the sailor, wrecked,
The sea was dead grey walls
Superlative in vacancy,
Upon which nevertheless at fateful time
Was written
The grim hatred of nature.
| Scheme | AXXX XXXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1010 01111 01110110 10 10101 011111 01000100 0110011101 110 0110110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 19, 2023
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