Analysis of The Queen of Bubbles

Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)



[Written for a picture]

The Youth speaks: —:
"Why do you seek the sun
In your bubble-crown ascending?
Your chariot will melt to mist.
Your crown will have an ending."

The Goddess replies: — :
"Nay, sun is but a bubble,
Earth is a whiff of foam —
To my caves on the coast of Thule
Each night I call them home.
Thence Faiths blow forth to angels
And loves blow forth to men —
They break and turn to nothing
And I make them whole again.
On the crested waves of chaos
I ride them back reborn:
New stars I bring at evening
For those that burst at morn:
My soul is the wind of Thule
And evening is the sign —
The sun is but a bubble,
A fragile child of mine."


Scheme X XXAXA XBCBCXDADXEAEBFBF
Poetic Form
Metre 101010 011 111101 01101010 11001111 1111110 01001 1111010 110111 11110111 111111 1111110 011111 1101110 0111101 10101110 111111 1111110 111111 1110111 010101 0111010 010111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 668
Words 137
Sentences 7
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 1, 5, 17
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 165
Words per stanza (avg) 45
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 15, 2023

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Vachel Lindsay

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