The Blindman (Masterplots II: Poetry, Revised Edition)
At a glance:
- Author: May Swenson
- First Published: 1965
- Type of Work: Lyric
- Genres: Poetry, Lyric poetry
- Subjects: Nature, Blindness or blind persons, Senses or sensation, Light, Handicapped, Vision
The Poem
“The Blindman” unfolds in six stanzas consisting of three lines each. Its irregular meter is not without rhyme. The poem consists of rhyming couplets, some of which span the stanza breaks, as the last line of one stanza is completed by the rhyming first line of the next. The title prepares the reader for an experience without sight. As a blind person must rely on other forms to “see,” those with sight are shown how color can be more than an abstract concept for someone who has never witnessed rainbow hues.
Those who are born with the ability to see take...
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