This is an analysis of There Was Set Before Me A Mighty Hill, by Stephen Crane.

There was set before me a mighty hill,
And long days I climbed…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXbb
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 1110110101 11111 11001 1110110101 011111 100110 1010100100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7