Analysis of The Sorceress!
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
I asked her, "Is Aladdin's lamp
Hidden anywhere?"
"Look into your heart," she said,
"Aladdin's lamp is there."
She took my heart with glowing hands.
It burned to dust and air
And smoke and rolling thistledown
Blowing everywhere.
"Follow the thistledown," she said,
"Till doomsday, if you dare,
Over the hills and far away.
Aladdin's lamp is there."
| Scheme | xabA xaxa baxA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 110111 1010 1011111 1111 11111101 111101 010101 1010 100111 11111 10010101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 65 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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