This is an analysis of the poem Alone With Everybody that begins with:

the flesh covers the bone
and they put a mind ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbcXdXXeaXXfddedaX gcfXf da ccccc gd Xa
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 19,5,2,5,2,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 11101 011 0101 10101 100101 10111 1 111110 1 11 10 10011 01 110 0110 110 111 1 111 11 1111 10100 1 111101 01 01011 0111 01001 01101 0111 101 1 0100010
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 90
  • Average number of words per stanza: 16
  • Amount of lines: 35
  • Average number of symbols per line: 15 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; fill is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word the is repeated.

    There is a poetic device epiphora at the end of some neighboring lines fill is repeated).

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Alone With Everybody;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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