This is an analysis of Blindness by Charles Lamb.

In a stage-coach, where late I chanced to be,
A little quiet girl my notice caught;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abab bcac XcXc acXc XXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 00111111000 0101011101 1111110101 0111011101 1011110001 0111010111 1101110111 0101010111 1101010111 1001011001 1101011111 0101010111 0111010111 1101010101 1111010100 1101010101 1101111011 1101101001 0111010111 1101011101
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Guessed form: blank verse
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

and, her