This is an analysis of the poem The Blind Caravan that begins with:
1 I am a slave, both dumb and blind,
2 Upon a journey dread; ...
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: aaaa bcbc dbXb eaea acac ebeb dfdf eeee cbcb ebeb aaaa egeg hihiXgege
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,9,
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: tercets
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Metre: 111011111 1010101 101011101 1010101 101010101 111011 101011101 1111101 111011101 1110111 111011100 1010101 111010101 1011111 110110101 1010101 111011101 1110111 111011101 1110001 111111101 1110101 110111101 1010101 111100111 1011101 111110101 1010101 111100101 1110101 101010101 1101101 111010101 1101101 101110101 1110101 101111101 1111101 1110010101 1010101 101011101 11100111 111110101 1010101 110011101 1011001 110010101 1110110 111110101 1010111 101010100 1011101 111111101 1010101 111010111 1010101
- Amount of stanzas: 14
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 149
- Average number of words per stanza: 27
- Amount of lines: 56
- 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; at, and, or are repeated.
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- summary of The Blind Caravan;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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