This is an analysis of the poem Babel that begins with:
KNOW ye in ages past that tower
By human hands built strong and high? ... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abaab cdccd eeeee fgffg hehhe igiig jbjjb ee eXeXgcggc
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,5,5,5,5,5,5,2,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 110101110 11011111 110101010 110101010 010101 01110111 11010101 010100111 11011101 110111 11111111 10111111 11011111 11010001 110101 01110111 010100101 11010101 10111111 010001 1010100111 11110101 11010101 11010101 110101 11110101 010101001 01010101 111100111 110111 11111101 01011001 01111111 01110111 100111 01000101 10110111 01110101 110000101 110111 11011101 01010101 11011111 01000101 010101
- Amount of stanzas: 10
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 158
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 45
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
Mood of the speaker:
The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, of are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words the, of are repeated.
The author used the same words then, of at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.
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- summary of Babel;
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- idea of the verse;
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