Analysis of Alone

Walter de la Mare 1873 (Charlton, London) – 1956 (Twickenham)



The abode of the nightingale is bare,
Flowered frost congeals in the gelid air,
The fox howls from his frozen lair:
Alas, my loved one is gone,
I am alone:
It is winter.

Once the pink cast a winy smell,
The wild bee hung in the hyacinth bell,
Light in effulgence of beauty fell:
I am alone:
It is winter.

My candle a silent fire doth shed,
Starry Orion hunts o'erhead;
Come moth, come shadow, the world is dead:
Alas, my loved one is gone,
I am alone;
It is winter.


Scheme aaaBCD eeeCD fffBCD
Poetic Form
Metre 0011010011 10110011 01111101 0111111 1101 1110 1011011 011100101 1011101 1101 1110 1100101011 1001011 11110111 0111111 1101 1110
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 457
Words 93
Sentences 4
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 6
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 118
Words per stanza (avg) 30
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Walter de la Mare

Walter John de la Mare was an English poet short story writer and novelist best remembered for his works for children and The Listeners He was born in Kent and was educated at St Pauls Cathedral School His first book Songs of Childhood was published under the name Walter Ramal His 1921 novel Memoirs of a Midget won the James Tait Black Memorial Prize for fiction more…

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