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
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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L. Larry Amadore

A word lover who enjoys beautiful poetry of all genres and responds with admiration to fresh and felicitous phrases. [Retired manufacturing/production control mgr./marketing manager/financial analyst. USAF veteran; lived in US, Mexico, Germany, Turkey.] more…

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