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

Pity the sorrows of the poor blind,
For they can but little comfort find;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabbccddbbccbbXXeebb XXbbffbbdd Xaabbbbeecc
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 20,10,11,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 100100011 111110101 1110101 11110111 110101101 0101011011 111010111 11001001 1010001111 1010111 01101010101 111011 1111 1110101 00011111 11111101 111100101 1111100101 1111011 101111101 010100101011001 010011101 11100110011 1011101 01101010100111 11101001 1111011111 111011 110110011 1001011101 11011111 10010001 11110101 11110010011 11011111 11011111 001111 00111001010101 1010101 1111111 1010110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 521
  • Average number of words per stanza: 98
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (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; they, and, his, to are repeated.

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

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines day is repeated).

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