In the poem, “All But Blind” by Walter de la Mare, the author talks about three animals that are usually depicted as blind. These animals are the four-clawed mole, the hooded bat, and the barn owl. These creatures like the dark and are mostly nocturnal. After he describes them he realizes that he must be so blind compared to someone else. The title is ironic because it is stating that these creatures are not blind even though they are. Walter uses many intriguing verbs including twirls, blunders, and gropes. There are fifteen lines in this poem and four stanzas. What is interesting about this poem is that the first stanza has only three lines while the other four stanzas have five. Walter uses imagery in stanza one when he describes the mole’s den and shows how he finds and eats the worms. He also uses a hyperbole in stanza three when he states that the day is burning. This is over exaggeration for the day being hot. The rhyme scheme is complicated but rhymes every other line. Walter de la Mare uses repetition at the beginning of every stanza, except for the first one, by stating all but blind. I found the ending humorous because the author realizes how blind he is to someone else. This poem was very appealing to me because it had three different animals. I love animals very much which is why I want to become a zookeeper. Maybe the zoo I will work at will have these blind animals.
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