Analysis of Death Snips Proud Men

Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)



DEATH is stronger than all the governments because
    the governments are men and men die and then
    death laughs: Now you see 'em, now you don't.
  Death is stronger than all proud men and so death
    snips proud men on the nose, throws a pair of
    dice and says: Read 'em and weep.
  Death sends a radiogram every day: When I want
    you I'll drop in--and then one day he comes with a
    master-key and lets himself in and says: We'll
    go now.
  Death is a nurse mother with big arms: 'Twon't hurt
    you at all; it's your time now; just need a
    long sleep, child; what have you had anyhow
    better than sleep?


Scheme ABCDEFGHIJKHJF
Poetic Form
Metre 111011010001 01001101101 111111111 11101111011 1111011011 1011101 11011001111 111001111110 10101010011 11 11011011111 1111111110 111111110 1011
Closest metre Iambic pentameter
Characters 625
Words 116
Sentences 5
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 32
Words per line (avg) 8
Letters per stanza (avg) 444
Words per stanza (avg) 114
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Carl Sandburg

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