Analysis of I took my Power in my Hand
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I took my Power in my Hand—
And went against the World—
'Twas not so much as David—had—
But I—was twice as bold—
I aimed by Pebble—but Myself
Was all the one that fell—
Was it Goliath—was too large—
Or was myself—too small?
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110011 010101 11111101 111111 1111011 110111 11010111 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 45 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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