This is an analysis of Alone, I Cannot Be by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 0111010 11001010 1001000 11010 11111100 110000100 11001 1100 110101 1100100 110010 1110100
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13