Analysis of Mae Marsh, Motion Picture Actress
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
The arts are old, old as the stones
From which man carved the sphinx austere.
Deep are the days the old arts bring:
Ten thousand years of yesteryear.
She is madonna in an art
As wild and young as her sweet eyes:
A frail dew flower from this hot lamp
That is today's divine surprise.
Despite raw lights and gloating mobs
She is not seared: a picture still:
Rare silk the fine director's hand
May weave for magic if he will.
When ancient films have crumbled like
Papyrus rolls of Egypt's day,
Let the dust speak: "Her pride was high,
All but the artist hid away:
"Kin to the myriad artist clan
Since time began, whose work is dear."
The deep new ages come with her,
Tomorrow's years of yesteryear.
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XAXA |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01111101 11110101 11010111 1101110 11010011 11011011 011101111 11010101 01110101 11110101 11010101 11110111 11011101 111101 10110111 11010101 110100101 11011111 01110110 011110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 687 |
Words | 135 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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