Analysis of Happiness

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



I asked the professors who teach the meaning of life to tell
me what is happiness.
And I went to famous executives who boss the work of
thousands of men.
They all shook their heads and gave me a smile as though
I was trying to fool with them
And then one Sunday afternoon I wandered out along
the Desplaines river
And I saw a crowd of Hungarians under the trees with
their women and children and a keg of beer and an
accordion.


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJK
Poetic Form
Metre 110010110101111 111100 011110010011011 1011 111110110111 11101111 011101110101 0110 011011010010011 1100100011101 0100
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 435
Words 86
Sentences 4
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 11
Lines Amount 11
Letters per line (avg) 31
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 341
Words per stanza (avg) 84
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 02, 2023

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Carl Sandburg

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