Analysis of A Coin
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Your western heads here cast on money,
You are the two that fade away together,
Partners in the mist.
Lunging buffalo shoulder,
Lean Indian face,
We who come after where you are gone
Salute your forms on the new nickel.
You are
To us:
The past.
Runners
On the prairie:
Good-by.
| Scheme | ABX BXXX XXX XAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111110 11011101010 10001 101010 11001 111101111 011110110 11 11 01 10 1010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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