Analysis of The Angel and the Clown
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
I saw wild domes and bowers
And smoking incense towers
And mad exotic flowers
In Illinois.
Where ragged ditches ran
Now springs of Heaven began
Celestial drink for man
In Illinois.
There stood beside the town
Beneath its incense-crown
An angel and a clown
In Illinois.
He was as Clowns are:
She was snow and star
With eyes that looked afar
In Illinois.
I asked, "How came this place
Of antique Asian grace
Amid our callow race
In Illinois?"
Said Clown and Angel fair:
"By laughter and by prayer,
By casting off all care
In Illinois."
| Scheme | aaaBcccB dddBeeeB fffBgggB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Kyrielle (67%) |
| Metre | 1111010 0100110 0101010 001 110101 1111001 010111 001 110101 011011 110001 001 11111 11101 111101 001 111111 101101 0110101 001 110101 110011 110111 001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 541 |
| Words | 100 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 141 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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