This is an analysis of the poem They Are Blind that begins with:

They are blind, and they are dead:
We will wake them as we go;...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: ababccc ababccc dedebbb cacaffd X
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 7,7,7,7,1,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111111 1010111 1111101 1111111 1011101 00101001 1110100 11100101 1010101 1011101 0010011 10111110 10101010 10101010 1110101 1010101 1010101 1011101 1011101 1010111 1010101 1110111 1110101 1111011 1011101 1011101 1010101 1001101 111
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 177
  • Average number of words per stanza: 34
  • Amount of lines: 30
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; they, ye are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words there, ye are repeated.

    The author used the same words they, ye at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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