Analysis of Alone, I cannot be
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Alone, I cannot be—
For Hosts—do visit me—
Recordless Company—
Who baffle Key—
They have no Robes, nor Names—
No Almanacs—nor Climes—
But general Homes
Like Gnomes—
Their Coming, may be known
By Couriers within—
Their going—is not—
For they've never gone—
| Scheme | AAAA XXBB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 011101 111101 1100 1101 111111 1111 11001 11 110111 110001 11011 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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