Analysis of Once More—To Gloriana
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Girl with the burning golden eyes,
And red-bird song, and snowy throat:
I bring you gold and silver moons
And diamond stars, and mists that float.
I bring you moons and snowy clouds,
I bring you prairie skies to-night
To feebly praise your golden eyes
And red-bird song, and throat so white.
| Scheme | ABCBDEAE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 01110101 11110101 01010111 11110101 11110111 11011101 01110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 292 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 29 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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