Analysis of Alone
Alone stand I this solemn night, alone.
Alone I am the judge and witness, alone,
And I ask myself a question,
One I must answer to myself and by myself, alone,
“Am I ever alone?”
Alone; no one near… Alone?
Alone; not a friend to hear… Alone?
Alone; not a God to fear… Alone?
I ask myself, “Alone?”
Then think I; “there’s an all-seeing Eye…!”
And warmth returns, the Comforter is near.
To remembrance comes; “I will never leave you”… never.
Therefore stand I this solemn night alone,
Yea, alone with them that will stand alone,
Declaring that I am never alone!
Scheme | AAXAA AAAA XXX AAA |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0111110101 01110101001 0111010 111101101101 111001 0111101 011011101 011011101 11101 111111101 0101010011 1010111101110 111110101 1011111101 0101111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
Characters | 573 |
Words | 105 |
Sentences | 10 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 3, 3 |
Lines Amount | 15 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 7 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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