This is an analysis of How Much? by Carl Sandburg.

HOW much do you love me, a million bushels?
Oh, a lot more than that, Oh, a lot more.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XX aa XX
  • Stanza lengths: 2,2,2,
  • Metre: 11111101010 1011111011 101010101010 0101011001010 100111010 00010110010
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 8

Epiphora

bushel