This is an analysis of the poem The Blindman's Song that begins with:
I am blind, you outsiders. It is a curse,
a contradiction, a tiresome farce,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aabXXb cccXXXX adadad
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,
- Closest metre: iambic pentameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: blank verse
- Metre: 11110100001 0101001001 11001101 1111101011 100111001 11111101 111111110 1010001011 111010101 111011 011011011 11111101001 1011110 101010111010 111101 11001110011 11100101 11110101101 1111001
- Amount of stanzas: 3
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 235
- Average number of words per stanza: 45
- Amount of lines: 19
- Average number of symbols per line: 36 (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 are repeated.
The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word and is repeated.
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