Analysis of Debris
Lola Ridge 1873 – 1941
I love those spirits
That men stand off and point at,
Or shudder and hood up their souls -
Those ruined ones,
Where Liberty has lodged an hour
And passed like flame,
Bursting asunder the too small house.
| Scheme | ABCDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 1111011 11001111 1101 110011110 0111 100100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 206 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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