This is an analysis of Buffalo Bill by Carl Sandburg.
BOY heart of Johnny Jones-aching to-day?
Aching, and Buffalo Bill in town?…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: XXa Xa abcXb cXbX
- Stanza lengths: 3,2,5,4,
- Metre: 1101011001 101101101 101111011100 1011 1010101 101100101001 01011001101 111011010101 11011111000 010101011001101 1100111010101 1111110111011 1101010111 1101001101011101010110101001000111
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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