Analysis of Madness
Joyce Kilmer 1886 (New Brunswick) – 1918 (Seringes-et-Nesles)
(For Sara Teasdale)
The lonely farm, the crowded street,
The palace and the slum,
Give welcome to my silent feet
As, bearing gifts, I come.
Last night a beggar crouched alone,
A ragged helpless thing;
I set him on a moonbeam throne --
Today he is a king.
Last night a king in orb and crown
Held court with splendid cheer;
Today he tears his purple gown
And moans and shrieks in fear.
Not iron bars, nor flashing spears,
Not land, nor sky, nor sea,
Nor love's artillery of tears
Can keep mine own from me.
Serene, unchanging, ever fair,
I smile with secret mirth
And in a net of mine own hair
I swing the captive earth.
| Scheme | X ABAB CDCD EFEF XGXG HIHI |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101 01010101 010001 11011101 110111 11010101 010101 1111011 011101 11010101 111101 01111101 010101 11011101 111111 11010011 111111 01010101 111101 00011111 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 621 |
| Words | 120 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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