Analysis of Lonely



Of course, I’m afraid of being lonely,
but I don’t fear being alone.
Solitude brings its own kind
of freedom, but I don’t want to be left
alone with myself for too long.


Scheme ABCDE
Poetic Form Tanka  (40%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Cinquain  (20%)
Metre 1110111010 11111001 101111 1101111111 0111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 175
Words 35
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 5
Lines Amount 5
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 7
Letters per stanza (avg) 129
Words per stanza (avg) 33
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Written on 2018

Submitted by lifeasalyric on November 05, 2022

Modified on March 05, 2023

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