Sea Slant
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
On up the sea slant,
On up the horizon,
The ship limps.
The bone of her nose fog-gray,
The heart of her sea-strong,
She came a long way,
She goes a long way.
On up the sea slant,
On up the horizon,
She limps sea-strong, fog-gray
She is a green-lit night gray.
She comes and goes in sea-fog.
Up the horizon slant she limps.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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Quick analysis:
Scheme | ABc dxdd ABd dxc |
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Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 327 |
Words | 66 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 3, 3 |
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