Analysis of Me from Myself—to banish
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Me from Myself—to banish—
Had I Art—
Impregnable my Fortress
Unto All Heart—
But since Myself—assault Me—
How have I peace
Except by subjugating
Consciousness?
And since We're mutual Monarch
How this be
Except by Abdication—
Me—of Me?
| Scheme | XABA CXXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 111110 111 0100110 1011 111011 1111 0111 100 0111001 111 011010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 247 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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