Analysis of The Lion
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
The Lion is a kingly beast.
He likes a Hindu for a feast.
And if no Hindu he can get,
The lion-family is upset.
He cuffs his wife and bites her ears
Till she is nearly moved to tears.
Then some explorer finds the den
And all is family peace again.
| Scheme | AABB XXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01010101 1101101 0111111 010100101 11110101 11110111 11010101 011100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 248 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 95 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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