Analysis of Heart of God

Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)



O great heart of God,
Once vague and lost to me,
Why do I throb with your throb to-night,
In this land, eternity?

O little heart of God,
Sweet intruding stranger,
You are laughing in my human breast,
A Christ-child in a manger.

Heart, dear heart of God,
Beside you now I kneel,
Strong heart of faith. O heart not mine,
Where God has set His seal.

Wild thundering heart of God
Out of my doubt I come,
And my foolish feet with prophets' feet,
March with the prophets' drum.


Scheme ABXB ACXC ADXD AEXE
Poetic Form Quatrain 
Metre 11111 110111 111111111 0110100 110111 101010 111001101 0110010 11111 011111 11111111 111111 1100111 111111 011011101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 479
Words 92
Sentences 6
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 90
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Vachel Lindsay

Nicholas Vachel Lindsay was an American poet. more…

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