Analysis of Sunset From Omaha Hotel Window

Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)



Into the blue river hills
The red sun runners go
And the long sand changes
And to-day is a goner
And to-day is not worth haggling over.

Here in Omaha
The gloaming is bitter
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.

The long sand changes.
To-day is a goner.
Time knocks in another brass nail.
Another yellow plunger shoots the dark.

Constellations
Wheeling over Omaha
As in Chicago
Or Kenosha.

The long sand is gone
and all the talk is stars.
They circle in a dome over Nebraska.


Scheme xabcc dcAE bcxx xdAE xxe
Poetic Form Tetractys  (35%)
Etheree  (25%)
Metre 0101101 011101 001110 0111010 01111110010 1010 010110 1001 1010 01110 111010 11001011 0101010101 010 101010 1001 1010 01111 010111 11000110010
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 470
Words 88
Sentences 10
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 5, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Carl Sandburg

Carl Sandburg was an American writer and editor best known for poetry. more…

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