This is an analysis of the poem To Be Blind that begins with:

Is it sounds
converging,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababcXccaaaXX aaade cdXXe X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,5,5,1,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 001 010 1 10 010 1000 01 11 0100001 11000101 101 100 1 001 101010010 0100001 0100100110 01001010001 00 101000101 1001 10110 1001101 01011010
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 170
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 26 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

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

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  • summary of To Be Blind;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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