Analysis of Euclid
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Old Euclid drew a circle
On a sand-beach long ago.
He bounded and enclosed it
With angles thus and so.
His set of solemn greybeards
Nodded and argued much
Of arc and circumference,
Diameter and such.
A silent child stood by them
From morning until noon
Because they drew such charming
Round pictures of the moon.
| Scheme | ABCBDEDEFGHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 1011101 1100011 110101 111101 100101 110010 010001 0101111 110011 0111110 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 12 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 251 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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