This is an analysis of the poem The Man Born Blind that begins with:

A man born blind received his sight
By a painful operation;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd efeX dgdg hfhX aiXX dXdX jXjX adad bXbg dfdX cdcd dfdX icic klkl
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 01110101 10101010 111111001 01101010 11010011 1101010 11010101 101001010 11010011 0101010 11110111 1101010 01010101 1101010 11111001 0111110 11010101 01110010 11110101 1101010 01010101 0100011 110100101 1100101 0100101 1101010 11000111 11010100 01110111 1010010 11110111 01011100 01111101 1101010 11010111 1100010 11010111 1011110 11010001 0101010 1110101 0111010 11110101 0101010 01001101 111010 11010101 0101010 11010101 0111010 110010111 1111110 01010111 1101010 11000101 1101010 11110101 1111010 11010101 1011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 15
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 125
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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  • summary of The Man Born Blind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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