Analysis of Galahad, Knight Who Perished
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
A POEM DEDICATED TO ALL CRUSADERS AGAINST THE INTERNATIONAL AND INTERSTATE TRAFFIC IN YOUNG GIRLS
Galahad . . . soldier that perished . . . ages ago,
Our hearts are breaking with shame, our tears overflow.
Galahad . . . knight who perished . . . awaken again,
Teach us to fight for immaculate ways among men.
Soldiers fantastic, we pray to the star of the sea,
We pray to the mother of God that the bound may be free.
Rose-crowned lady from heaven, give us thy grace,
Help us the intricate, desperate battle to face
Till the leer of the trader is seen nevermore in the land,
Till we bring every maid of the age to one sheltering hand.
Ah, they are priceless, the pale and the ivory and red!
Breathless we gaze on the curls of each glorious head!
Arm them with strength mediaeval, thy marvellous dower,
Blast now their tempters, shelter their steps with thy power.
Leave not life's fairest to perish —strangers to thee,
Let not the weakest be shipwrecked, oh, star of the sea!
| Scheme | X AABBCCDDEEFFXXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010100011010010010000110011 10101101001 1011101110110 10111001001 1111101001011 1001011101101 11101011101111 11101101111 110100101011 10110101110001 1111001101111001 11110010010001 1011101111001 11111111 111110111110 111101101011 110101111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic heptameter |
| Characters | 970 |
| Words | 169 |
| Sentences | 21 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 16 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 45 |
| Words per line (avg) | 11 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 379 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 90 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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