This is an analysis of Falltime by Carl Sandburg.

GOLD of a ripe oat straw, gold of a southwest moon,
Canada thistle blue and flimmering larkspur blue,…

Browse poems by Carl Sandburg

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaaXXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 8,
  • Metre: 100111100111 1001011100111 01010000101011 1011100110101 1111101110111 101100101010100110 1011100101011011011001010011001101 011010111010101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

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