This is an analysis of the poem Out Of Babylon that begins with:
THEIR looks for me are bitter,
And bitter is their word–... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: Xaba bbbb acdc bc bc XeXe bXbc cfef XdbX XgXgXbgbg
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,2,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rima
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111110 110011 11110101 111101 11110101 010101 11110101 110101 11011101 111111 01001101 110111 11010101 111101 11110101 111101 1101010 010101 10001000 010101 11110101 110101 11111101 11111 1101011 111111 010100101 111101 11111100 110111 101110101 1100010 1101110 110101 11000100 011101 01010101 1100111 11010101 011101
- Amount of stanzas: 11
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 100
- Average number of words per stanza: 20
- Amount of lines: 40
- Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.
The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, follow, babylon are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words i, and are repeated.
If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:
- summary of Out Of Babylon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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