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 |
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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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