This is an analysis of When The Prophet, A Complacent Fat Man by Stephen Crane.

When the prophet, a complacent fat man,
Arrived at the mountain-top,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXaaX
  • Stanza lengths: 6,
  • Metre: 1010001011 0110101 1110110 101001011 1111 101010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 6

Epiphora

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