Analysis of Standing Alone



A body with a broken heart
A house that's not a home
People talking but not speaking
People looking but not seeing
We stand alone
Trust broken and torn apart
A day with no excitement
People dreaming but not going
People thinking but not knowing
We stand alone
Through my window, I can see
A black silhouette of a tree
Lined with snow instead of leaves
A dead grey sky in the scenery
Crying, calling out to me
We stand alone
A portrait in a dim-lit room
A girl with a sad face
And dark, dark eyes that follow you
And say
"We stand alone"


Scheme abccDaeccDffgffDhijkD
Poetic Form
Metre 01010101 011101 10101110 10101110 1101 1100101 0111010 10101110 10101110 1101 1110111 0101101 1110111 011100100 1010111 1101 01000111 011011 01111101 01 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 516
Words 105
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 21
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 425
Words per stanza (avg) 105
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Submitted on May 02, 2011

Modified on March 23, 2023

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