Analysis of I Don't Want To Cry Alone
I don't want to dance alone: the steps demand a mate.
I don't want to prance alone:
the moves cannot relate.
I don't want to pray alone: the power needs a twin.
I don't want to play alone:
the game provides no win.
I don't want to dine alone: the food has no appeal.
I don't want to wine alone:
the sense is lost to feel.
I don't want to sing alone: the melody is stray.
I don't want to swing alone:
the motion has no sway.
I don't want to walk alone: the distance is a balk.
I don't want to talk alone:
the echo makes a squawk.
I don't want to cry alone: the tears well-up and dry.
I don't want to die alone:
the end gives no reply.
Scheme | ABACBCDBDEBEFBFGBG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111101010101 1111101 011001 1111101010101 1111101 010111 1111101011101 1111101 011111 1111101010011 1111101 010111 1111101010101 1111101 010101 1111101011101 1111101 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 616 |
Words | 131 |
Sentences | 12 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 18 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 466 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 131 |
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Submitted on February 05, 2010
Modified on March 28, 2023
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