Analysis of Ghosts in Love
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
"Tell me, where do ghosts in love
Find their bridal veils?"
"If you and I were ghosts in love
We'd climb the cliffs of Mystery,
Above the sea of Wails.
I'd trim your gray and streaming hair
With veils of Fantasy
From the tree of Memory.
'Tis there the ghosts that fall in love
Find their bridal veils."
| Scheme | aB acbxccaB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 1111101 11101 11010101 11011100 010111 11110101 111100 1011100 11011101 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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