Analysis of Love and Law
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
True Love is founded in rocks of Remembrance
In stones of Forbearance and mortar of pain.
The workman lays wearily granite on granite,
And bleeds for his castle, 'mid sunshine and rain.
Love is not velvet, not all of it velvet,
Not all of it banners, not gold-leaf alone.
'Tis stern as the ages and old as Religion.
With Patience its watchword and Law for its throne.
| Scheme | XABA BCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110011010 01101001011 010110010110 0111101101 11110111110 11111011101 111010011010 1101101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
| Characters | 375 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 36 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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