What does this poem mean?

1. he is comparing himself to the flock

2. he says there gray probably implying he is distant from the flock

3 hes given up trying to fit in

4.and he is still waiting for someone to accept him

I'm wrong tho this is just what i think it means. so don't go with my answer.

I feel like I'm in English class again. lol

The first obvious thing is to state the poet is saying rocks and sheep are one in the same.

The way I know it, babylonian has 3 meanings:

1) of or pertaining to babylonia

2) luxurious

3) wicked, sinful

so the poet maybe saying the rocks and sheep are in babylonia [[a stretch if I do say so myself]]

or perhaps the rocks emit some form of luxury. A luxury created the sheep's wool.

In context, I would say babylonian means sinful, wicked.

"And still no sheep stirs from its place

Or lifts its SINFUL face"

Rocks don't move, we all know that. The rocks may have seen sin, the sheep may have seen sin.

Maybe the sheep have a sinful or sicked expression on their faces and the rocks just seem sinister. I know, in my life time, I've seen a few inanimate objects that I just HAD to stay away from because they seemed "evil", gave me a "stay away" vibe.

With all said and done, this is the best that I can do for you I'm afraid. This poem is one of the rare few that escape ability to "define" if you will.

Sounds like this is a homework assignment, which means you should be answering it yourself. You may want to find our what the word babylonian means, there's a long article about Babylonia on Wikipedia that might give you some help. You aren't going to learn anything by asking someone else to explain the meaning in the poem, you should approach it like it's a puzzle and you are a detective looking for clues inside the puzzle.

I'd start with the word "Babylonian" or simply "Babylon" and sort of brainstorm all the associations or connotations you can come up with. For instance, when is/ was babylon? How would its buildings look if you saw one today? How about the people - where are they now? How many of those associations - even exact words - do you see in the poem. What is "it" that lifts its fact in the last line? Why?

With an e e cummings poem, saying "This is what it means to me" is like trying to nail Jello to a tree. This poem has always seemed very pro-feminist, or at least anti anti-feminist. It talks about independent thinking to me. Effie (a name that sounds suspiciously like the word "iffy") apparently never thought for herself and all that's left of her crumbly brain is a bunch of subjunctives: woulda, coulda ,shoulda, musta. Even God looks on those 6 crumbs with puzzlement; even His omniscience can't fathom why a person would live her life allowing others to think for her.

hm...its a tough 1.babylonian meanz wicked;sinful. that word applies 2 the poem by sending the message that something/someone iz empty,dead,lonely..nd somthing/someone has done sumthin 2 make it so while the ppl watched nd bystanded..this is the best i cud *** up with...

i think he is in a cemetery, talking about the people that have died. For Babylonian face means not even the smartest ones are lifting there face. All is gone and gray.

"If you can't afford lamb, marinate the mutton for 6 hours and roast for 2 hours at 300 degrees, then wolf, before Mary gets home.."

watch out for those crazy sheep

im pretty sure that "task think" u have there will not get anyone to fill out that whole thing