This is an analysis of Alone by Sara Teasdale.

I am alone, in spite of love,
In spite of all I take and give—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aaXa bbXb XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,
  • Metre: 11010101 01011111 01011100 01111101 11011111 10101001011 01110101 01110101 011011010 11011101 01100101 11110101
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 12

Repeated words/phrases

i, in, spite, of

Anaphora

in