This is an analysis of The Illinois Village by Vachel Lindsay.
O you who lose the art of hope,
Whose temples seem to shrine a lie,…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xabacdbd cXaXebdbafgf ccccXcec XchcdhbhddgdieaX Xigiggig
- Stanza lengths: 8,12,8,16,8,
- Metre: 11110101 11010101 11111101 11110011 10010101 11011101 110010111 11110100 11110101 10011111 11011111 01110101 11011111 11010111 11011111 110010111 10011110 10011101 111101001 01011101 11011101 11000101 101101010 10110111 11011101 11011101 01100101 01010101 1110101 11011101 010101010 11111101 01011101 010100010 01010111 111101010 10011111 11110011 10010101 01111101 10010111 01000101 1010111011 10111111 1110101 01011111 11010111 01010111 01011101 01010101 01000101 01010101
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 5
- Lines: 52
Repeated words/phrases
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Anaphora
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