This is an analysis of the poem I Sit At My Desk Alone that begins with:

I sit at my desk alone
as I did on many Sunday...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aXbccdadXXcefd ghifeecXjf ffkfhchXj fhdXhjjhcfdb hX khhj iiffdfahhXhg
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,10,9,12,2,4,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111101 11011011 101111 101 111011 111 01010 11111 1101 11110 01011 111 111 1 1101 1010 11 0010110 101 11011 1111 0001 011001110 1 110111 111101 1110101 011 1011 1101 111 11110101 10 010 111001 11101 10001 1101 0010 101010 0101 10011 101011 110 00111010 01011 010100 11011 1110 1110 1110 00111 11 111 10100 011 1 100 01 001 101 0010
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 135
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 62
  • Average number of symbols per line: 17 (very short strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 3
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

  • summary of I Sit At My Desk Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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