This is an analysis of I Was Made Erect And Lone by Henry David Thoreau.

I was made erect and lone,
And within me is the bone;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aabXbaccc
  • Stanza lengths: 9,
  • Metre: 1110111 1011001 1110001 1110101 0010101 1111011 0110101 0111101 1011101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 9

Anaphora

still, if