This is an analysis of the poem If You'Re Traveling Through Babylon that begins with:
If you're traveling through Babylon,
Keep your respect in check....
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: AXbbc ABcDCCX AEC FFGCAA AEC FFGCAA ABcDCCX
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 5,7,3,6,3,6,7,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 011001101 110101 1110101010 1 11001101 1011001101 1110101010 1 100010 11100 11000 110100 011001101 11111 01111 11110101 11011101 111010111 1101011011 01010101 10101111 011001101 11111 01111 11110101 11011101 111010111 1101011011 01010101 10101111 1011001101 1110101010 1 100010 11100 11000 110100
- Amount of stanzas: 7
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 157
- Average number of words per stanza: 28
- Amount of lines: 37
- Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
- Average number of words per line: 5
Mood of the speaker:
There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.
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- summary of If You'Re Traveling Through Babylon;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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