The Horrid Voice Of Science
Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)
'There's machinery in the butterfly;
There's a mainspring to the bee;
There's hydraulics to a daisy,
And contraptions to a tree.
'If we could see the birdie
That makes the chirping sound
With x-ray, scientific eyes,
We could see the wheels go round.'
And I hope all men
Who think like this
Will soon lie
Underground.
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 16, 2023
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| Scheme | ABBB BCXC XXAC |
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| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 324 |
| Words | 59 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
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