This is an analysis of the poem To One Threatened With Blindness that begins with:

I.
Lawrence, what though the world be growing dark,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X aXbaabbacdcdbb X eddeeddedcccdc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,14,1,14,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 1 1011010101 1111110110 0101011111 1011101111 1011010101 1100011011 1101011111 0001011101 0100011011 0111010011 1100111101 1111010111 0101111101 11111100011 1 1100011000 0001110101 1100011101 1101010101 11010010101 1101011101 0101011101 11011110101 1111101101 1101110011 1011111101 01110101001 1101110101 1111100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 318
  • Average number of words per stanza: 60
  • Amount of lines: 31
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • 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; thy, who, and are repeated.

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  • summary of To One Threatened With Blindness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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