Analysis of Heart! We will forget him!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Heart! We will forget him!
You and I—tonight!
You may forget the warmth he gave—
I will forget the light!
When you have done, pray tell me
That I may straight begin!
Haste! lest while you're lagging
I remember him!
| Scheme | ABXB XXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111011 10101 11010111 110101 1111111 111101 111110 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 219 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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