Analysis of Beyond the Moon
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
[Written to the Most Beautiful Woman in the World]
M< Sweetheart is the TRUTH BEYOND THE MOON,
And never have I been in love with Woman,
Always aspiring to be set in tune
With one who is invisible, inhuman.
O laughing girl, cold TRUTH has stepped between,
Spoiling the fevers of your virgin face:
Making your shining eyes but lead and clay,
Mocking your brilliant brain and lady's grace.
TRUTH haunted me the day I wooed and lost,
The day I wooed and won, or wooed in play:
Tho' you were Juliet or Rosalind,
Thus shall it be, forever and a day.
I doubt my vows, tho' sworn on my own blood,
Tho' I draw toward you weeping, soul to soul,
I have a lonely goal beyond the moon;
Ay, beyond Heaven and Hell, I have a goal!
Scheme | X ABAB XCDC XDXD XEAE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1010110010001 111010101 01011101110 101011101 11110100010 1101111101 1001011101 1011011101 1011010101 1101011101 0111011101 110101100 1111010001 1111111111 11101110111 1101010101 10110011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 723 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 5 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
Words per line (avg) | 8 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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