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

Within a corner of this windowed room
He sits, and seldom speaks, and seldom...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aababcdcXdceceff
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 16,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Metre: 0101000101 111101110 1 0101010101 1101111111 0100010001 0101010101 0101010101 11111101 11 1101010101 1101010101 1101010101 0101111101 0101111101 1101110111
  • Amount of stanzas: 1
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 615
  • Average number of words per stanza: 114
  • Amount of lines: 16
  • Average number of symbols per line: 38 (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; he, of, and are repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

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

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

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