Jessica Parada #21

Ms. Stronks
ELA 8
2/22/16
All But Blind Analysis
The poem, All But Blind by Walter de la Mare is a good read. Walter de la Mare writes
novels and short stories. He also wrote other poems such as November and Seeds. In the
poem All But Blind has fifteen lines and four stanzas. The writer uses repetition when he says
blind various times throughout the poem. The poem is in third person. Readers may think that
it is in second person but once you read more of the poem then the reader will understand that
Walter de la Mare is talking about animals. The animals that he says are blind are an owl, a bat,
and a mole. Some readers might think that he also includes worms but it doesnt say they are
blind. Gropes for worms. (Line: 2) The tone of the setting might be in a hole because the first
line states In his chambered hole,
In the two last stanzas there is an animal included into the poem. The animal is a barn
owl. There is one simile which is line 12-13 And blind as are these three to me. That simile is
stating that the animals are really blind since they are blind to him. The third stanza Mare seems
to write about burning day. A variety of people may jump to a conclusion that it is a hot day
probably in the summer or spring since its burning. In the last stanza Walter de la Mare states
that And blind as are, These three to me, So blind to someone I must be. Most readers may

think that people have ignored him at some point in his life that is why Mare wrote how blind he
is to someone.