Analysis of Between Two Hills
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Between two hills
The old town stands.
The houses loom
And the roofs and trees
And the dusk and the dark,
The damp and the dew
Are there.
The prayers are said
And the people rest
For sleep is there
And the touch of dreams
Is over all.
| Scheme | XXXXXXA XXAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111 0111 0101 00101 001001 01001 11 0111 00101 1111 00111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 242 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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