Analysis of The Doll Upon The Topmost Bough
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
This doll upon the topmost bough,
This playmate-gift, in Christmas dress,
Was taken down and brought to me
One sleety night most comfortless.
Her hair was gold, her dolly-sash
Was gray brocade, most good to see.
The dear toy laughed, and I forgot
The ill the new year promised me.
Scheme | XABA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 1101011 1110101 11010111 11111 01110101 11011111 01110101 01011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 281 |
Words | 52 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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