Analysis of Shades Of Babel
Religious truth once found will be profound
When all religious human thought is bound
Together as majestic tapestry;
Man's final grand transcendent artistry.
This many layered truth was not contained
Within a single concept man ordained.
But threads of truth can make the many one;
Then wait for man's evolving to be done.
Man first must learn to turn the other cheek,
Relinquish pride, then meditate on meek.
The prideful man is deaf to wisdom's song,
His vessel filled with vitriol too long.
Confusion reigns when man should understand
Like shades of Babel still upon the land;
Man's avarice and greed spreads through his seed
So progeny no better sees man's need.
Rejoice in all beliefs with equal zeal
For all is one, a truth you can reveal.
As long as pride and incomplete belief
Guide man to truth--mankind finds no relief.
Scheme | AABB CCDD EEFF GGHH IIJJ |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 0101111101 1101010111 0101010100 1101010100 1101011101 0101010101 1111110101 1111010111 1111110101 010111011 01111111 1101110011 010111101 1111010101 1100011111 1100110111 0101011101 1111011101 1111000101 1111111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 810 |
Words | 142 |
Sentences | 9 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 33 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 133 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on November 20, 2009
Modified on March 05, 2023
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