Analysis of Our Lives Are Swiss
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Our lives are Swiss --
So still -- so Cool --
Till some odd afternoon
The Alps neglect their Curtains
And we look farther on!
Italy stands the other side!
While like a guard between --
The solemn Alps --
The siren Alps
Forever intervene!
| Scheme | XXXXX XABBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (50%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 10111 1111 11101 0101110 011101 10010101 110101 0101 0101 01001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 01, 2023
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