Analysis of Babel
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
Oh, God did cunningly, there at Babel -
Not mere tongues dividing, but soul from soul,
So that never again should men be able
To fashion one infinite, towering whole.
| Scheme | ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11111110 1110101111 11100111110 11011001001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 172 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
| Words per line (avg) | 8 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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