Analysis of Buddha
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Would that by Hindu magic we became
Dark monks of jeweled India long ago,
Sitting at Prince Siddartha's feet to know
The foolishness of gold and love and station,
The gospel of the Great Renunciation,
The ragged cloak, the staff, the rain and sun,
The beggar's life, with far Nirvana gleaming:
Lord, make us Buddhas, dreaming.
| Scheme | ABBCCCDD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111110101 1111100101 10111111 01001101010 0101010010 0101010101 0111101010 111110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 334 |
| Words | 58 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 258 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 56 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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