Analysis of Bas-Relief
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Five geese deploy mysteriously.
Onward proudly with flagstaffs,
Hearses with silver bugles,
Bushes of plum-blossoms dropping
For ten mystic web-feet--
Each his own drum-major,
Each charged with the honor
Of the ancient goose nation,
Each with a nose-length surpassing
The nose-lengths of rival nations.
Somberly, slowly, unimpeachably,
Five geese deploy mysteriously.
| Scheme | AbcdeffgdhaA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011000 101011 111010 10111010 111011 111110 111010 1010110 11011010 01111010 100101 11011000 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 300 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 51 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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