Analysis of He found my Being—set it up
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
He found my Being—set it up—
Adjusted it to place—
Then carved his name—upon it—
And bade it to the East
Be faithful—in his absence—
And he would come again—
With Equipage of Amber—
That time—to take it Home—
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110111 010111 1111011 011101 1100110 011101 11110 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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