Analysis of Her sweet Weight on my Heart a Night
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Her sweet Weight on my Heart a Night
Had scarcely deigned to lie—
When, stirring, for Belief's delight,
My Bride had slipped away—
If 'twas a Dream—made solid—just
The Heaven to confirm—
Or if Myself were dreamed of Her—
The power to presume—
With Him remain—who unto Me—
Gave—even as to All—
A Fiction superseding Faith—
By so much—as 'twas real—
| Scheme | AXAX XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111101 110111 1101101 111101 11011101 010101 1110110 010101 11011101 110111 0100101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 63 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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