Analysis of The Parable Of The Blind
William Carlos Williams 1883 (Rutherford) – 1963 (Rutherford)
This horrible but superb painting
the parable of the blind
without a red
in the composition shows a group
of beggars leading
each other diagonally downward
across the canvas
from one side
to stumble finally into a bog
where the picture
and the composition ends back
of which no seeing man
is represented the unshaven
features of the des-
titute with their few
pitiful possessions a basin
to wash in a peasant
cottage is seen and a church spire
the faces are raised
as toward the light
there is no detail extraneous
to the composition one
follows the others stick in
hand triumphant to disaster
Scheme | AXX XAX BXX CXX DXX DXX XXB DXC |
---|---|
Poetic Form | |
Metre | 110010110 0100101 0101 00010101 11010 1100100010 01010 111 1101000101 1010 0001011 111101 10100010 10101 1111 100010010 110010 10110011 01011 10101 111010100 100101 1001010 10101010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 578 |
Words | 107 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 61 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
Font size:
Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
- 32 sec read
- 117 Views
Citation
Use the citation below to add this poem analysis to your bibliography:
Style:MLAChicagoAPA
"The Parable Of The Blind" Poetry.com. STANDS4 LLC, 2024. Web. 29 Apr. 2024. <https://www.poetry.com/poem-analysis/39717/the-parable-of-the-blind>.
Discuss this William Carlos Williams poem analysis with the community:
Report Comment
We're doing our best to make sure our content is useful, accurate and safe.
If by any chance you spot an inappropriate comment while navigating through our website please use this form to let us know, and we'll take care of it shortly.
Attachment
You need to be logged in to favorite.
Log In