This is an analysis of Once A Man Clambering To The Housetops by Stephen Crane.

Once a man clambering to the housetops
Appealed to the heavens.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaaaaXa
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 10110000100 010010 011110011 010111001 1111101101 111111 10111010
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7

Repeated words/phrases

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