Analysis of On Suddenly Receiving A Curl Long Refused
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Oh, saucy gold circle of fairyland silk—
Impudent, intimate, delicate treasure:
A noose for my heart and a ring for my finger:—
Here in my study you sing me a measure.
Whimsy and song in my little gray study!
Words out of wonderland, praising her fineness,
Touched with her pulsating, delicate laughter,
Saying, “The girl is all daring and kindness!”
Saying, “Her soul is all feminine gameness,
Trusting her insights, ardent for living;
She would be weeping with me and be laughing,
A thoroughbred, joyous receiving and giving!”
Scheme | XAAA XBAB BCCC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 1101101101 110010010 011110011110 10110111010 10010110110 111101001 1101010010 10011110010 1001111001 100110110 11110110110 010110010010 |
Closest metre | Iambic hexameter |
Characters | 537 |
Words | 93 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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