Analysis of Alone
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give --
In spite of all your tenderness,
Sometimes I am not glad to live.
I am alone, as though I stood
On the highest peak of the tired gray world,
About me only swirling snow,
Above me, endless space unfurled;
With earth hidden and heaven hidden,
And only my own spirit's pride
To keep me from the peace of those
Who are not lonely, having died.
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
Metre | 11010111 01111101 01111100 01111111 11011111 10101101011 01110101 01110101 111001010 01011101 11110111 11110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 103 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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