This is an analysis of A Youth In Apparel That Glittered by Stephen Crane.

A youth in apparel that glittered
Went to walk in a grim forest.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XabcdeXXXdbcXea
  • Stanza lengths: 15,
  • Metre: 010010110 10100110 1111010 01101011 1101010 1101100 10101 1001010 101010011 011 0001010 01000110 1110 1110110 1110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: rondeau
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 15

Repeated words/phrases

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