Analysis of Charity thou art a lie
Stephen Crane 1871 – 1900
Charity thou art a lie,
A toy of women,
A pleasure of certain men.
In the presence of justice,
Lo, the walls of the temple
Are visible
Through thy form of sudden shadows.
| Scheme | ABCDEEF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1001101 01110 0101101 0010110 1011010 1100 1111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 178 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 132 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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