This is an analysis of The Mist by Carl Sandburg.
I am the mist, the impalpable mist,
Back of the thing you seek.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: aXbc bcX decc faadfe
- Stanza lengths: 4,3,4,6,
- Metre: 110101001 100111 1111 11010111 1111010 101101111 100101010 111101 1101101 1101001 01010101 1110101 100101 110101 111101 111001 101
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Stanzas: 4
- Lines: 17
Repeated words/phrases
i
Anaphora
i
Epiphora
sphinx
Anadiplosis
long
