Analysis of He forgot—and I—remembered
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
He forgot—and I—remembered—
'Twas an everyday affair—
Long ago as Christ and Peter—
"Warmed them" at the "Temple fire."
"Thou wert with him"—quoth "the Damsel"?
"No"—said Peter, 'twasn't me—
Jesus merely "looked" at Peter—
Could I do aught else—to Thee?
| Scheme | XXAA XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10101010 1110101 10111010 11101010 11111010 111011 10101110 1111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 274 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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