Analysis of Dying! Dying in the night!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Dying! Dying in the night!
Won't somebody bring the light
So I can see which way to go
Into the everlasting snow?
And "Jesus"! Where is Jesus gone?
They said that Jesus—always came—
Perhaps he doesn't know the House—
This way, Jesus, Let him pass!
Somebody run to the great gate
And see if Dollie's coming! Wait!
I hear her feet upon the stair!
Death won't hurt—now Dollie's here!
| Scheme | AABB XXXX CCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1010001 110101 11111111 0100101 01011101 1111011 01110101 1110111 1011011 0111101 11010101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 385 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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