This is an analysis of the poem The Country Of The Blind that begins with:

Hard light bathed them-a whole nation of eyeless men,
Dark bipeds not aware how they were maimed. A long ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcc deXX fXXX fadX bXeg hfXX eheb cXag
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 111001100101 110101110101 1110011 11100101 110100110101 111111100101 1011011 10100101 111101110101 1100101100101 1001000 10110100 011001111101 111001110111 101110101 11100101 1011111011001 1100111101110 11101011 111010111 111001110101 111001110111 1101010 01100100 111001110011 101001100111 1110011 10110101 111001110111 01100111000 1111010 11100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 192
  • Average number of words per stanza: 31
  • Amount of lines: 33
  • Average number of symbols per line: 46 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; or is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word none is repeated.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

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

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