Analysis of Robbed by Death—but that was easy

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Robbed by Death—but that was easy—
To the failing Eye
I could hold the latest Glowing—
Robbed by Liberty

For Her Jugular Defences—
This, too, I endured—
Hint of Glory—it afforded—
For the Brave Beloved—

Fraud of Distance—Fraud of Danger,
Fraud of Death—to bear—
It is Bounty—to Suspense's
Vague Calamity—

Stalking our entire Possession
On a Hair's result—
Then—seesawing—coolly—on it—
Trying if it split—


Scheme AXXA AXXX XXAA XXBB
Poetic Form
Metre 11111110 10101 11101010 11100 101001 11101 11101010 10101 11101110 11111 111011 10100 1010010010 10101 1101011 10111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 435
Words 66
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 17, 2023

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