Analysis of Alone

Leo Long 1986 (Durban)



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
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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Modified on March 05, 2023

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