What The Snow Man Said

Vachel Lindsay 1879 (Springfield) – 1931 (Springfield)



The Moon’s a snowball. See the drifts
Of white that cross the sphere.
The Moon’s a snowball, melted down
A dozen times a year.

Yet rolled again in hot July
When all my days are done
And cool to greet the weary eye
After the scorching sun.

The moon’s a piece of winter fair
Renewed the year around,
Behold it, deathless and unstained,
Above the grimy ground!

It rolls on high so brave and white
Where the clear air-rivers flow,
Proclaiming Christmas all the time
And the glory of the snow!

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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 23, 2023

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Quick analysis:

Scheme XAXA BCBC XDXD XEXE
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 487
Words 93
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4

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