Analysis of Thoughts
Sara Teasdale 1884 (St. Louis) – 1933 (New York City)
When I am all alone
Envy me most,
Then my thoughts flutter round me
In a glimmering host;
Some dressed in silver,
Some dressed in white,
Each like a taper
Blossoming light;
Most of them merry,
Some of them grave,
Each of them lithe
As willows that wave;
Some bearing violets,
Some bearing bay,
One with a burning rose
Hidden away --
When I am all alone
Envy me then,
For I have better friends
Than women and men.
Scheme | Abcb dede cfxf xgxg Ahxh |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 111101 1011 1111011 001001 11010 1101 11010 1001 11110 1111 1111 1111 110100 1101 110101 1001 111101 1011 111101 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 401 |
Words | 81 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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