Analysis of Dust
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Here is dust remembers it was a rose
one time and lay in a woman's hair.
Here is dust remembers it was a woman
one time and in her hair lay a rose.
Oh things one time dust, what else now is it
you dream and remember of old days?
| Scheme | ABCADE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110101101 110100101 11101011010 110001101 1111111111 110010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 174 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 50 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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