This is an analysis of Friend, Your White Beard Sweeps The Ground by Stephen Crane.

Friend, your white beard sweeps the ground.
Why do you stand, expectant?…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abbccXXaacc
  • Stanza lengths: 11,
  • Metre: 1111101 1111010 111010 0101101 0111 11101 00101010 1111 1111 1111 01101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 11