This is an analysis of Child by Carl Sandburg.

The young child, Christ, is straight and wise
And asks questions of the old men, questions…

Browse poems by Carl Sandburg

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXabbXXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 10,
  • Metre: 01110111 1110001110 11010101110 11101111110 1111010111 10010100101 1001100100 101111110 1011101011011 10111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 10

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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