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

She lay like a saint on her copper couch;
Like an angel asleep she lay,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abab cdcd dedX dfgf dgdX eXeXXbebe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rima
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1110110101 11100111 0010010111 1011101 111100101 1100111 1111110101 1101001 100101001011 10100101 1111001011 10110110 110100101 1100101 1010110101 101111 110100101 1100101 110010111 101011010 101101111 1011011 11111111 1010101 11000111 10110101 110100111 1100111
  • Amount of stanzas: 7
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 162
  • Average number of words per stanza: 28
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 40 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he, you are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word he at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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

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