This is an analysis of Man, The Man-Hunter by Carl Sandburg.

I SAW Man, the man-hunter,
Hunting with a torch in one hand…

Browse poems by Carl Sandburg

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abaX bcaX acX XXb XX
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,3,3,2,
  • Metre: 1110110 10001011 1010110010 1001110 110 10111 011010110 111111 11010 0111 111101 0010011 110100101 1010011 1111 01
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 20