Analysis of Why I Voted the Socialist Ticket
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
I am unjust, but I can strive for justice.
My life's unkind, but I can vote for kindness.
I, the unloving, say life should be lovely.
I, that am blind, cry out against my blindness.
Man is a curious brute — he pets his fancies —
Fighting mankind, to win sweet luxury.
So he will be, tho' law be clear as crystal,
Tho' all men plan to live in harmony.
Come, let us vote against our human nature,
Crying to God in all the polling places
To heal our everlasting sinfulness
And make us sages with transfigured faces.
| Scheme | AABA XBXB XCAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11011111110 11011111110 101111110 11111101110 110100111110 1011111100 11111111110 1111110100 111101101010 10110101010 11100101 011101110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 524 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 131 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 33 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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