Analysis of Kin
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Brother, I am fire
Surging under the ocean floor.
I shall never meet you, brother—
Not for years, anyhow;
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
Then I will warm you,
Hold you close, wrap you in circles,
Use you and change you—
Maybe thousands of years, brother.
| Scheme | abacAdedA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Nonet (44%) |
| Metre | 101110 10100101 11101110 11110 10101110 11111 11111010 11011 10101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 269 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 199 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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