Analysis of For this—accepted Breath
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
For this—accepted Breath—
Through it—compete with Death—
The fellow cannot touch this Crown—
By it—my title take—
Ah, what a royal sake
To my necessity—stooped down!
No Wilderness—can be
Where this attendeth me—
No Desert Noon—
No fear of frost to come
Haunt the perennial bloom—
But Certain June!
Get Gabriel—to tell—the royal syllable—
Get Saints—with new—unsteady tongue—
To say what trance below
Most like their glory show—
Fittest the Crown!
| Scheme | AABCCB DDEXXE XXFFB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 110111 01010111 111101 110101 11010011 110011 1111 1101 111111 1001001 1101 110011010100 11110101 111101 111101 1001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 476 |
| Words | 73 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 17 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 118 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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