Analysis of Broken Tabernacles
Carl Sandburg 1878 (Galesburg) – 1967 (Flat Rock)
Have I broken the smaller tabernacles, O Lord?
And in the destruction of these set up the greater and massive, the everlasting tabernacles?
I know nothing today, what I have done and why, O Lord, only I have broken and broken tabernacles.
They were beautiful in a way, these tabernacles torn down by strong hands swearing—
They were beautiful—why did the hypocrites carve their own names on the corner-stones? why did the hypocrites keep on singing their own names in their long noses every Sunday in these tabernacles?
Who lays any blame here among the split cornerstones?
| Scheme | ABBCBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110010111 000010111101001000101 111001111101111011100101 10100001111111110 1010011010111110101110101110111011101001011 111011010110 |
| Characters | 580 |
| Words | 99 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 77 |
| Words per line (avg) | 16 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 462 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 97 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
- 29 sec read
- 58 Views
5 fans
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"Broken Tabernacles" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 25 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/4631/broken-tabernacles>.
Powered by CITE.ME
Discuss this Carl Sandburg poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In