Analysis of In Memory of a Child
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
The angels guide him now,
And watch his curly head,
And lead him in their games,
The little boy we led.
He cannot come to harm,
He knows more than we know,
His light is brighter far
Than daytime here below.
His path leads on and on,
Through pleasant lawns and flowers,
His brown eyes open wide
At grass more green than ours.
With playmates like himself,
The shining boy will sing,
Exploring wondrous woods,
Sweet with eternal spring.
Yet, he is lost to us,
Far is his path of gold,
Far does the city seem,
Lonely our hearts and old.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XEXE |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 010111 011101 011011 010111 110111 111111 111101 11101 111101 1101010 111101 1111110 11101 010111 010101 110101 111111 111111 110101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 538 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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