Analysis of Harrison Street Court
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
I heard a woman's lips
Speaking to a companion
Say these words:
"A woman what hustles
Never keeps nothin'
For all her hustlin'.
Somebody always gets
What she goes on the street for.
If it ain't a pimp
It's a bull what gets it.
I been hustlin' now
Till I ain't much good any more.
I got nothin' to show for it.
Some man got it all,
Every night's hustlin' I ever did."
| Scheme | XAX XXAXBXCXBCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 110101 1010010 111 010110 10110 1101 1011 1111011 11101 101111 1111 11111101 11101111 11111 100111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 12 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 137 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 24 sec read
- 329 Views
5 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Harrison Street Court" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/4677/harrison-street-court>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Carl Sandburg poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In