Analysis of A Fence
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Now the stone house on the lake front is finished and the
workmen are beginning the fence.
The palings are made of iron bars with steel points that
can stab the life out of any man who falls on them.
As a fence, it is a masterpiece, and will shut off the rabble
and all vagabonds and hungry men and all wandering
children looking for a place to play.
Passing through the bars and over the steel points will go
nothing except Death and the Rain and To-morrow.
Scheme | ABCDEFGHH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011101111000 10101001 011111011111 1101111011111 101110100111010 01100010101100 101010111 1010101001111 100110010110 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 466 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 9 |
Lines Amount | 9 |
Letters per line (avg) | 40 |
Words per line (avg) | 10 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 364 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 88 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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