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

One morning, when dreaming in deep meditation,
I met a sweet colleen a-making her moan....

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabacacXdede eaaaebebdfff caXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 12,12,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 110110011010 11011101001 010110111010 11011111111 110011110110 11111111001 110111111110 11111001011 111110111010 11001111001 111010011010 10111011001 111110111110 11011011011 110011011011 11011011111 110110010110 11100101011 110110111110 11011111001 110110010010 11101001011 110110011010 11010011001 111110110011 10011011011 10111110011 10010011100
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 454
  • Average number of words per stanza: 90
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 48 (strings are more long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 10
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, my, you, one, to, them are repeated.

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

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

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