Analysis of We can but follow to the Sun
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We can but follow to the Sun—
As oft as He go down
He leave Ourselves a Sphere behind—
'Tis mostly—following—
We go no further with the Dust
Than to the Earthen Door—
And then the Panels are reversed—
And we behold—no more.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11110101 111111 110010101 110100 11110101 110101 01010101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 238 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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