Analysis of I Am Much Too Alone in This World, Yet Not Alone
Rainer Maria Rilke 1875 (Prague) – 1926 (Montreux)
I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone
enough
to truly consecrate the hour.
I am much too small in this world, yet not small
enough
to be to you just object and thing,
dark and smart.
I want my free will and want it accompanying
the path which leads to action;
and want during times that beg questions,
where something is up,
to be among those in the know,
or else be alone.
I want to mirror your image to its fullest perfection,
never be blind or too old
to uphold your weighty wavering reflection.
I want to unfold.
Nowhere I wish to stay crooked, bent;
for there I would be dishonest, untrue.
I want my conscience to be
true before you;
want to describe myself like a picture I observed
for a long time, one close up,
like a new word I learned and embraced,
like the everday jug,
like my mother's face,
like a ship that carried me along
through the deadliest storm.
Scheme | aBxxBcxcdxexa dfdfxgxgxexxxxx |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111101 01 11010010 11111011111 01 111111001 101 1111101101000 0111110 011011110 11011 11011001 11101 111101101110010 1011111 101110100010 11101 11111101 1111101001 1111011 1011 110111010101 1011111 101111001 1011 11101 101110101 101001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 877 |
Words | 171 |
Sentences | 8 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 13, 15 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 343 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 85 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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