This is an analysis of the poem Alone that begins with:
WHAT shall it profit a man
To have stood by the source of things,... full text
Elements of the verse: questions and answers
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- Rhyme scheme: abcbdedeaaddcc fXgXfcfchhccgX XaXabdcdbbccff agggddXdccaaii
- Stanza lengths (in strings): 14,14,14,14,
- Closest metre: iambic trimeter
- Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
- Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
- Guessed form: unknown form
- Metre: 1101001 01110101 01101000101 0100100 0110101 1010101 0110101 1111111 010101 110101 000101 111111 000101 001011100010101 0100111 111110101 1110110101 001001010 1110101 1011111 1111111 1110111 001101 111101 001101 110101 111101 0010001100111011 11101111 1110111 1010110101 1110101 10100101 1011111 1011101 1010101 1111001 111101 110101 010011 111011 101011001010111 11001001 1111001 110101001 1010001 010101 1011101 01000111 0010101 101001 110111 111111 010101 1010111 101010101010101
- Amount of stanzas: 4
- Average number of symbols per stanza: 459
- Average number of words per stanza: 89
- Amount of lines: 56
- Average number of symbols per line: 32 (medium-length strings)
- Average number of words per line: 6
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 Alone;
- central theme;
- idea of the verse;
- history of its creation;
- critical appreciation.
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