Analysis of Blindness, the Book.

Douglas Blair 1951 (London)



Just take one norm
In the science fix
And give it a twist.
In this case
Vision.
Coordinating function
Business, transport
Clean-up, education
Medical helps
Law and order.
Telecommunication.
Instantly and without notice
Blind in traffic, on the sidewalk
Seated by computer monitors
In hospital corridors.
And government can only apprehend
Sequester in safe “places of medical
Attention”, lock up.
And leave the wicked king-pins
On the inside
To horrible devices and villainy.
But one incarcerated
Our heroine is inside
With sight intact.
Can she effect rescues, requitals.
Author Jose Saramago does
All of this brilliantly.
And bad guys lose.


Scheme ABCDEEFEGHEIJKKLMNOPEQPRBSTU
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 00101 01101 011 10 010010 1001 11010 1001 1010 00010 10000110 1010101 101010100 010100 010011001 01001101100 01011 0101011 1001 110001001 110100 10100101 1101 110111 10111 111100 0111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 646
Words 110
Sentences 11
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 28
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 522
Words per stanza (avg) 100
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Written on January 31, 2023

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Douglas Blair

Blogging poems since 2008. Once a lawyer in general practice. Then 32 years as Shipper in a heavy metal fabricating plant. Retired 2022. Married and father of two. Poet. Hiker. Harmonica Busker. Gospel enthusiast. Photographer. http://shootdempix.blogspot.com/ more…

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