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

He sat by the dusty way-side,
With weary, hopeless mien,...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abcbaa Xdedbb XfXfgg Xfhfdd aihigg afjfff jkckdd jfcfdd cahabb jlelbb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11101011 010101 10101010 011101 001110111 11010111 01110010 011101 10101011 110111 110101101 110111111 11010010 111101 11101010 011101 100110101 110100100 10110110 101101 0100010 11101 111010111 110111101 1101110 010101 0010010 010001 0110100101 010010101 0111010 110101 0101010 010101 111100111 101010101 1111010 110101 11100100 111111 1100111111 110101101 101111100 110101 11000110 111111 01010101 11111001 1111011 0101001 1110010010 111101 101011101 101010101 1101110 011101 10111011 1010111 1010010111 1011100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 10
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 195
  • Average number of words per stanza: 36
  • Amount of lines: 60
  • Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of is repeated.

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

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

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

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