Analysis of When I’m alone



When I’m lost and alone
And my world’s feels like it’s grown
I give Fate a gentle name, when
I’m alone
The stars they often fade just like
The clouds, my fears and worries drift away
Cause this Evening, I am prayer,
When I’m alone
When I’m alone


Scheme aabacdeAA
Poetic Form Nonet (22%)
Metre 111001 0111111 11101011 101 01110111 0111010101 1110111 1101 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 257
Words 49
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 9
Lines Amount 9
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 188
Words per stanza (avg) 48
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Submitted by shelinachapman on May 19, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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