Analysis of God Send The Regicide
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Would that the lying rulers of the world
Were brought to block for tyrannies abhorred.
Would that the sword of Cromwell and the Lord,
The sword of Joshua and Gideon,
Hewed hip and thigh the hosts of Midian.
God send that ironside ere tomorrow’s sun;
Let Gabriel and Michael with him ride.
God send the Regicide.
| Scheme | ABBCCCDA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010101 0111110001 1101110001 0111000100 11010111 111101011 1100010111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 314 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 31 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 248 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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