Only the blind man, Robert, seems able to form lasting human connections. ... Then Robert places his hand on the hand of the narrator that holds the pen. ... Finally, Robert tells the narrator to close his eyes, and continue to draw. ... Even when Robert tells him to open his eyes, he keeps them closed. ... No longer hostile to Robert, no longer aware of Robert's blindness, the narrator experiences the possibility of change in his life. ...

• Word Count: 11148
• Approx Pages: 45
• Has Bibliography
• Grade Level: High School

He is neither too melancholic like Arnold nor too optimistic like Robert Browning, another contemporary, in terms of the tone, mood and theme of his poetry. He tries to portray in his poems a real and clear picture of the problems of contemporary age in an implicit way, and then shows a positivity or a ray of hope at the end of almost all his poems. ... The poem consists of many smaller poems, written in iambic tetrameter with an ABBA rhyme scheme. ... Through the analysis of some sections of this poem, it can be taken into account the relations to the romantic vision of nature and religion ...

• Word Count: 5237
• Approx Pages: 21
• Grade Level: High School