Analysis of On Receiving One Of Gloriana’s Letters

Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)



Your pen needs but a ruffle
To be Pavlova whirling.
It surely is a scalawag
A-scamping down the page.
A pretty little May-wind
The morning buds uncurling.
And then the white sweet Russian,
The dancer of the age.

Your pen’s the Queen of Sheba,
Such serious questions bringing,
That merry rascal Solomon
Would show a sober face:—
And then again Pavlova
To set our spirits singing,
The snowy-swan bacchante
All glamour, glee and grace.


Scheme XAABCADB XADEXACE
Poetic Form
Metre 1111010 11110 110101 01101 0101011 01011 0101110 010101 1101110 11001010 11010100 110101 01011 11101010 01011 110101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 429
Words 77
Sentences 6
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 8
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 172
Words per stanza (avg) 37
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Vachel Lindsay

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. more…

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