Analysis of Basket
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
speak, sir, and be wise.
Speak choosing your words, sir, like an old woman over a bushel of apples.
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011 1101111111010010110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 106 |
| Words | 21 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 38 |
| Words per line (avg) | 10 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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