This is an analysis of A Slant Of Sun On Dull Brown Walls by Stephen Crane.

A slant of sun on dull brown walls,
A forgotten sky of bashful blue.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aX XaaaXXaaXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,11,
  • Metre: 01011111 001010101 0110101 01001011 1001111 101111101 100110001001 00101010 010010 01011 0101001111 0101000011101 101110
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 13

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

a, the