Analysis of The Encyclopaedia
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
"If I could set the moon upon
This table," said my friend,
"Among the standard poets
And brouchures without end,
And noble prints of old Japan,
How empty they would seem,
By that encyclopaedia
Of whim and glittering dream."
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 110111 0101010 01011 01011101 110111 1100100 1101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 175 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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