This is an analysis of the poem I Am Much Too Alone In This World, Yet Not Alone that begins with:

I am much too alone in this world, yet not alone
enough...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXXbcdcaXefa agagdfXfgedXXcX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 13,15,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: shakespearean sonnet
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1111010011101 01 010101010 11111001111 01 000111011 111 1111011001000 0111010 111011110 11001 00011001 11001 110101100010010 1001111 001110100010 11001 111101101 1111001001 1111000 1011 1001111010101 1011111 101111101 101001 11101 101110101 101001
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 448
  • Average number of words per stanza: 85
  • Amount of lines: 28
  • Average number of symbols per line: 31 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; and, to, i, like are repeated.

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

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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