Analysis of The Prairie Battlements
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
(To Edgar Lee Masters, with great respect)
Here upon the prarie
Is our ancestral hall.
Agate is the dome,
Cornelian the wall.
Ghouls are in the cellar,
But fays upon the stairs.
And here lived old King Silver Dreams,
Always at his prayers.
Here lived gray Queen Silver Dreams,
Always signing psalms,
And haughty Grandma Silver Dreams,
Throned with folded palms.
Here played cousin Alice.
Her soul was best of all.
And every fairy loved her,
In our ancestral hall.
Alice has a prarie grave.
The King and Queen lie low,
And aged Grandma Silver Dreams,
Four toombstones in a row.
But still in snow and sunshine
Stands our ancestral hall.
Agate is the dome,
Cornelian the wall.
And legends walk about,
And proverbs, with proud airs.
Ghouls are in the cellar,
But fays upon the stairs.
Scheme | x abCBADed exexxbab xxeaxb CBxdAD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101101101 10101 1100101 10101 101 110010 110101 01111101 1111 1111101 1101 01010101 11101 111010 011111 01001010 0100101 101011 010111 0110101 11001 110101 1100101 10101 101 010101 010111 110010 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 784 |
Words | 139 |
Sentences | 15 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 1, 8, 8, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 123 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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