Analysis of Alone
Alone. Dark. I wait
in a corner of night
on the edge of fate.
At a worn-out table
with marred veneer,
a blanket of dust
to keep me here,
a burnt-out bulb
for consolation:
closeted in silence;
bound in desolation.
Scheme | AXA XXXXXB XB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111 001011 10111 101110 1101 01011 1111 0111 1010 100010 10010 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 202 |
Words | 40 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 6, 2 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 01, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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