This is an analysis of Jerry by Carl Sandburg.
Six years I worked in a knitting mill at a machine
And then I married Jerry, the iceman, for a change.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXXbcdXebdXcea
- Stanza lengths: 14,
- Metre: 1011001011001 1111010010101 11111111 111110100011 1111111100101 1 100111011101101 11010111111011 1110110111101 1101111001000101 1010000111010 00111110101010100 1 01101111001
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
- Stanzas: 1
- Lines: 14
Repeated words/phrases
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