Analysis of Eleventh Avenue Racket
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
There is something terrible
about a hurdy-gurdy,
a gipsy man and woman,
and a monkey in red flannel
all stopping in front of a big house
with a sign “For Rent” on the door
and the blinds hanging loose
and nobody home.
I never saw this.
I hope to God I never will.
Whoop-de-doodle-de-doo.
Hoodle-de -harr-de-hum.
Nobody home? Everybody home.
Whoop-de-doodle-de-doo.
Mamie Riley married Jimmy Higgins last night: Eddie Jones died of whooping cough: George Hacks got a job on the police force: the Rosenheims bought a brass bed: Lena Hart giggled at a jackie: a pushcart man called tomaytoes, tomaytoes.
Whoop-de-doodle-de-doo.
Hoodle-d e-harr-de-hum.
Nobody home? Everybody home.
| Scheme | abxacxxdxx BeDB cBeD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100 01011 011010 00100110 110011011 10111101 001101 011 11011 11111101 111011 11111 111001 111011 101010101011101111011110110011011011101101010011111 111011 111111 111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 673 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 14 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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