Analysis of June
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Paula is digging and shaping the loam of a salvia,
Scarlet Chinese talker of summer.
Two petals of crabapple blossom blow fallen in Paula's
hair,
And fluff of white from a cottonwood.
| Scheme | ABCDE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 101100100110100 100110110 110111011001 1 01111010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5 |
| Lines Amount | 5 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 147 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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