Analysis of Baby Toes
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
There is a blue star, Janet,
Fifteen years’ ride from us,
If we ride a hundred miles an hour.
There is a white star, Janet,
Forty years’ ride from us,
If we ride a hundred miles an hour.
Shall we ride
To the blue star
Or the white star?
| Scheme | abC abC xdd |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 011111 1110101110 1101110 101111 1110101110 111 1011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 240 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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