This is an analysis of the poem The Song Of The Blindman that begins with:
I am blind, you out there -- that is a curse,
against one's will, a contradiction,...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abbXXc bbbXdcc Xbecae Xd
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,7,6,2,
- Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1111111001 011001010 0101010 1111101011 111010101 111111010 1101111010 111000101 111010101 11101011 01011010 111111000 11111110 111011111010 11000010 11100101011 1111010 1110100101 11100010 0101101010
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 180
- Average number of words per stanza: 34
- Amount of lines: 21
- Average number of symbols per line: 34 (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; and, you are repeated.
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