Analysis of Alone
Olivia McGuire 1965 (New York)
Alone
Within your own shadow
Hollowed inside to out
A churning pit of emptiness
In the shallows
Is your soul
In the corners
Are your fears
| Scheme | ABCDDEFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01 01111 100111 01011100 001 111 0010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 132 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on February 27, 2021
Modified on March 05, 2023
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