This is an analysis of Choose by Carl Sandburg.

      The single clenched fist lifted and ready,
     Or the open asking hand held out and waiting.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 0101110110 101010111110 1 111111010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4