Analysis of To Buddha
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
Awake again in Asia, Lord of Peace,
Awake and preach, for her far swordsmen rise.
And would they sheathe the sword before you, friend,
Or scorn your way, while looking in your eyes?
Good comrade and philosopher and prince,
Thoughtful and thoroughbred and strong and kind,
Dare they to move against your pride benign,
Lord of the Law, high chieftain of the mind?
But what can Europe say, when in your name
The throats are cut, the lotus-ponds turn red?
And what can Europe say, when with a laugh
Old Asia heaps her hecatombs of dead?
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0101010111 010110111 0111010111 1111110011 110010001 1001010101 1111011101 1101110101 1111011011 0111010111 0111011101 11010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 532 |
Words | 98 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 35 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 139 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 32 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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