Analysis of Afraid! Of whom am I afraid?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Afraid! Of whom am I afraid?
Not Death—for who is He?
The Porter of my Father's Lodge
As much abasheth me!
Of Life? 'Twere odd I fear [a] thing
That comprehendeth me
In one or two existences—
As Deity decree—
Of Resurrection? Is the East
Afraid to trust the Morn
With her fastidious forehead?
As soon impeach my Crown!
| Scheme | XAXA XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 01111101 111111 01011101 1111 11111111 111 01111 110001 1010101 011101 10010010 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 321 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 9 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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