Analysis of I went to heaven,--
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I went to heaven,--
'T was a small town,
Lit with a ruby,
Lathed with down.
Stiller than the fields
At the full dew,
Beautiful as pictures
No man drew.
People like the moth,
Of mechlin, frames,
Duties of gossamer,
And eider names.
Almost contented
I could be
'Mong such unique
Society.
| Scheme | ABCBDEFEGHIHJCKC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 11011 11010 111 10101 1011 100110 111 10101 111 101100 011 1010 111 1101 0100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 278 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 218 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 52 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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