This is an analysis of the poem Bilbea that begins with:

BILBEA, I was in Babylon on Saturday night.
I saw nothing of you anywhere....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXX XaX XXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 3,3,3,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1011010111001 111001101 11101110101011110 11100101110 1111 111011111 11101 11110010 111010
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 9
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The speaker asks many questions. Perhaps, he or she is in confusion.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

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