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

You think it is a sorry thing
That I am blind. Your pitying... full text

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddeebb ddbbddfXdd ffeeaagghhbbgihheejjffkk llgXXmnnffggbbbbggbbeekkddjjddhhbbjjXkggmmeeeeggcXgijjeeXdhhgieehhbbgiffbbffjXddjohhbbbbkkeeeehheebbddddggeeooee kkmmeebbpphhbbbbiiddkXXbgggX ggffeebbjjhhgieeigbbXffaaddkk
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,10,24,112,28,29,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11000101 11111100 01001101 11111101 00111101 11111101 11110111 11010111 00110001 01011101 11101101 11010100 11110101 11110101 11111111 01011101 11011101 11010111 10110101 111111010 11110111 11011111 11011101 11010101 10111101 11010111 11111101 11010101 0100111 11100111 01010001 11110100 01010111 11011101 11111111 11010100 01111110 10010110 11111101 11110101 11110101 01000101 11010001 01010101 00100101 11010001 11110101 01110111 10010111 10110101 01000101 11011100 11010111 11010101 01110101 11011001 11011111 01010111 11011101 011011101 01010111 11110101 11001111 11011001 11010001 11011101 010010101 0101111 11110101 10111100 01001111 10010101 11111101 01110101 11011111 01000111 01001111 11010011 00111101 11011101 00010101 11001101 01010010 11000100 01101100 10010101 11110101 01110101 11010111 10110111 11100111 11010100 11011101 11111101 11010101 011100100 01011110 10011100 11110101 11010101 01100111 01001111 01010100 11110101 11110101 01010001 11010001 11011100 11010111 01011111 11011111 11011101 1111011 01111101 11010111 01110100 11110111 01110001 11010111 11010101 10010111 11001011 11110101 0101010 11110011 11101111 11110011 10110101 11010001 11110101 11110111 01001111 11011101 01001011 01011101 01010101 11000111 11110101 11011111 01010111 01010101 110110001 11010101 01111100 00011101 11110011 11011111 11010101 11011111 11010100 11000111 11110001 11111101 01101111 01111101 10010101 111010111 00010101 11110101 11111101 11000100 11110101 11110111 01010111 110111101 11010101 11010101 11011011 11001101 10111101 111010111 11110101 11010111 11010101 01000100 11010100 10111111 110011011 01011101 11011111 11110111 11001101 10111111 11110001 11111011 11110101 10010011 11010101 01111111 01001101 10011111 110111001 11011101 00110111 11111001 11011101 11110101 11111101 11010011 01110100 11010111 11000111 11110110 11010111 11100101 01110011 11010101 01110101 10011101 11110100 01010011 11111101 11011001 11011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 1030
  • Average number of words per stanza: 200
  • Amount of lines: 214
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i, and, you, your, mother's, he, that are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same words your, and, that, he are repeated.

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