Analysis of What The Scare-Crow Said
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
The dim-winged spirits of the night
Do fear and serve me well.
They creep from out the hedges of
The garden where I dwell.
I wave my arms across the walk.
The troops obey the sign,
And bring me shimmering shadow-robes
And cups of cowslip-wine.
Then dig a treasure called the moon,
A very precious thing,
And keep it in the air for me
Because I am a King.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01110101 110111 11110101 010111 11110101 010101 01110011 011101 11010101 010101 01100111 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 351 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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