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

I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb XbXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: limerick
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 11010101 01011111 01011100 01111101 11011111 10101001011 01110101 01110101 011011010 11011101 01100101 11110101
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 133
  • Average number of words per stanza: 27
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word in 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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  • summary of Alone;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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