Analysis of My Lady Is Compared To A Young Tree
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
When I see a young tree
In its white beginning,
With white leaves
And white buds
Barely tipped with green,
In the April weather,
In the weeping sunshine—
Then I see my lady,
My democratic queen,
Standing free and equal
With the youngest woodland sapling
Swaying, singing in the wind,
Delicate and white:
Soul so near to blossom,
Fragile, strong as death;
A kiss from far-off Eden,
A flash of Judgment's trumpet—
April's breath.
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111011 011010 111 011 10111 001010 00101 111110 10101 101010 1010110 1010001 10001 111110 10111 0111110 011110 101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 423 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 336 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 74 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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