This is an analysis of There Was One I Met Upon The Road by Stephen Crane.

There was one I met upon the road
Who looked at me with kind eyes.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abXaXXCXCXaXXXXba
  • Stanza lengths: 17,
  • Metre: 111110101 1111011 1110101100 1010 1011 11100010 1111010 11100010 1111010 11100010 11001 1111100010 1100111 10111100 101111 0101 101011
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 17