Analysis of Graves
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
I dreamed one man stood against a thousand,
One man damned as a wrongheaded fool.
One year and another he walked the streets,
And a thousand shrugs and hoots
Met him in the shoulders and mouths he passed.
He died alone.
And only the undertaker came to his funeral.
Flowers grow over his grave anod in the wind,
And over the graves of the thousand, too,
The flowers grow anod in the wind.
Flowers and the wind,
Flowers anod over the graves of the dead,
Petals of red, leaves of yellow, streaks of white,
Masses of purple sagging…
I love you and your great way of forgetting.
Scheme | XXXXX XX AXA AXXBB |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101010 11110101 1100101101 0010101 1100100111 1101 0100100111100 10110111001 0100110101 01011001 10001 1011001101 10111110111 1011010 11101111010 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 581 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 2, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 32 sec read
- 108 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Graves" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 11 Jun 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/4673/graves>.
Discuss this Carl Sandburg poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In