Analysis of Lawyer
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
When the jury files in to deliver a verdict after weeks of direct and cross examinations, hot clashes
of lawyers and cool decisions of the judge,
There are points of high silence--twiddling of thumbs is at an end--bailiffs near cuspidors take fresh
chews of tobacco and wait--and the clock has a chance for its ticking to be heard.
A lawyer for the defense clears his throat and holds himself ready if the word is "Guilty" to enter
motion for a new trial, speaking in a soft voice, speaking in a voice slightly colored with bitter wrongs
mingled with monumental patience, speaking with mythic Atlas shoulders of many preposterous,
unjust circumstances.
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| Metre | 1010101010010101101010010110 11001010101 111111010111111101111 1101010011011110111 0101001111010110101110110 10101101000111000110101101 101010101011010101100100 01100 |
| Characters | 660 |
| Words | 112 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 66 |
| Words per line (avg) | 14 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 527 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 110 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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