This is an analysis of Nocturne In A Deserted Brickyard by Carl Sandburg.

Stuff of the moon
Runs on the lapping sand…

Browse poems by Carl Sandburg

Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXbbabX
  • Stanza lengths: 7,
  • Metre: 1001 110101 1001011 1001011 11010011 10010111010 10110100111001
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 7