Analysis of If I can stop one heart from breaking,
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If I can stop one heart from breaking,
I shall not live in vain;
If I can ease one life the aching,
Or cool one pain,
Or help one fainting robin
Unto his nest again,
I shall not live in vain.
| Scheme | aBabcdB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111110 111101 111111010 1111 1111010 101101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
About this poem
"If I can stop one heart from breaking" is a short poem by Emily Dickinson that emphasizes the importance of compassion and kindness in a world full of suffering.
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