Analysis of Aladdin and the Jinn
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
"Bring me soft song," said Aladdin.
"This tailor-shop sings not at all.
Chant me a word of the twilight,
Of roses that mourn in the fall.
Bring me a song like hashish
That will comfort the stale and the sad,
For I would be mending my spirit,
Forgetting these days that are bad,
Forgetting companions too shallow,
Their quarrels and arguments thin,
Forgetting the shouting Muezzin:"--
"I AM YOUR SLAVE," said the Jinn.
"Bring me old wines," said Aladdin.
"I have been a starved pauper too long.
Serve them in vessels of jade and of shell,
Serve them with fruit and with song:--
Wines of pre-Adamite Sultans
Digged from beneath the black seas:--
New-gathered dew from the heavens
Dripped down from Heaven's sweet trees,
Cups from the angels' pale tables
That will make me both handsome and wise,
For I have beheld her, the princess,
Firelight and starlight her eyes.
Pauper I am, I would woo her.
And--let me drink wine, to begin,
Though the Koran expressly forbids it."
"I AM YOUR SLAVE," said the Jinn.
"Plan me a dome," said Aladdin,
"That is drawn like the dawn of the MOON,
When the sphere seems to rest on the mountains,
Half-hidden, yet full-risen soon."
Build me a dome," said Aladdin,"
That shall cause all young lovers to sigh,
The fullness of life and of beauty,
Peace beyond peace to the eye--
A palace of foam and of opal,
Pure moonlight without and within,
Where I may enthrone my sweet lady."
"I AM YOUR SLAVE," said the Jinn.
Scheme | abxbxcxcxaaA adxdefefxgxgxaxA ahehaijixajA |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (33%) |
Metre | 11111010 11011111 1101101 11011001 1101110 111001001 111110110 01011111 010010110 11001001 0100101 1111101 11111010 111011011 1101011011 1111011 111110 1101011 11011010 1111011 11010110 111111001 11110010 10101 10111110 01111101 1001010011 1111101 11011010 111101101 1011111010 11011101 11011010 111111011 010110110 1011101 010110110 1101001 11111110 1111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,412 |
Words | 273 |
Sentences | 14 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 12, 16, 12 |
Lines Amount | 40 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 366 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 86 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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