Analysis of I've known a Heaven, like a Tent

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I've known a Heaven, like a Tent—
To wrap its shining Yards—
Pluck up its stakes, and disappear—
Without the sound of Boards
Or Rip of Nail—Or Carpenter—
But just the miles of Stare—
That signalize a Show's Retreat—
In North America—

No Trace—no Figment of the Thing
That dazzled, Yesterday,
No Ring—no Marvel—
Men, and Feats—
Dissolved as utterly—
As Bird's far Navigation
Discloses just a Hue—
A plash of Oars, a Gaiety—
Then swallowed up, of View.


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Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 111101 1111001 010111 11111100 110111 110101 010100 11110101 11010 11110 101 011100 1111010 010101 011101 110111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 472
Words 81
Sentences 2
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 8, 9
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 173
Words per stanza (avg) 40
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 01, 2023

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