Analysis of Baby Face
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
White moon comes in on a baby face.
The shafts across her bed are flimmering.
Out on the land White Moon shines,
Shines and glimmers against gnarled shadows,
All silver to slow twisted shadows
Falling across the long road that runs from the house.
Keep a little of your beauty
And some of your flimmering silver
For her by the window to-night
Where you come in, White Moon.
| Scheme | XX XAAX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111010101 01010111 1101111 10100111 11011101 100101111101 10101110 0111110 10101011 111011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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