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 |
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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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