Analysis of I see thee better—in the Dark
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I see thee better—in the Dark—
I do not need a Light—
The Love of Thee—a Prism be—
Excelling Violet—
I see thee better for the Years
That hunch themselves between—
The Miner's Lamp—sufficient be—
To nullify the Mine—
And in the Grave—I see Thee best—
Its little Panels be
Aglow—All ruddy—with the Light
I held so high, for Thee—
What need of Day—
To Those whose Dark—hath so—surpassing Sun—
It deem it be—Continually—
At the Meridian?
Scheme | XABX XXBX XBAB XCBC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11110001 111101 01110101 010100 11110101 110101 01010101 11001 00011111 110101 01110101 111111 1111 1111110101 111101000 100100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 469 |
Words | 79 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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