This is an analysis of the poem In The Privacy Of My Aloneness that begins with:

Even in the privacy of my aloneness,
I think of ways......

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: XABCADbab bdXbd Xeebafb XbddfabX XABCADdabXdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 9,5,7,8,12,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 1000100011000 1101 00101001111 110111101 001110 110011 01101100101 100110101 0110111101 011010101 10110110111 110101001010101 010111011 0010001110101 1101011010 0100011101010 1101001011 1111100101 1000100010100010 001001010 01000101011100 110111010 11010101001 00010110100 110101010100 101 1001101 1111001 01010100 1000100011000 1101 00101001111 110111101 001110 110011 011011011 011101 110100101 01111111010 11101111010 010
  • Amount of stanzas: 5
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 298
  • Average number of words per stanza: 54
  • Amount of lines: 41
  • Average number of symbols per line: 35 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many three dots in the poem. Readers should think of the author's idea together with the pensive speaker.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; of, to, with are repeated.

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

  • summary of In The Privacy Of My Aloneness;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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