Analysis of Flux
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Sand of the sea runs red
Where the sunset reaches and quivers.
Sand of the sea runs yellow
Where the moon slants and wavers.
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 110111 1011001 1101110 101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 132 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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