Analysis of Jaws
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Seven nations stood with their hands on the jaws of death.
It was the first week in August, Nineteen Hundred Fourteen.
I was listening, you were listening, the whole world was listening,
And all of us heard a Voice murmuring:
“I am the way and the light,
He that believeth on me
Shall not perish
But shall have everlasting life.”
Seven nations listening heard the Voice and answered:
“O Hell!”
The jaws of death began clicking and they go on clicking.
“O Hell!”
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010111110111 11011010111011 11100101000111100 0111101100 1101001 11111 1110 1110101 1010100101010 11 01110110011110 11 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 479 |
Words | 88 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 12 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 360 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 83 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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