Analysis of Love—thou art high

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Love—thou art high—
I cannot climb thee—
But, were it Two—
Who know but we—
Taking turns—at the Chimborazo—
Ducal—at last—stand up by thee—

Love—thou are deep—
I cannot cross thee—
But, were there Two
Instead of One—
Rower, and Yacht—some sovereign Summer—
Who knows—but we'd reach the Sun?

Love—thou are Veiled—
A few—behold thee—
Smile—and alter—and prattle—and die—
Bliss—were an Oddity—without thee—
Nicknamed by God—
Eternity—


Scheme ABCBXB XBCDXD XBABXB
Poetic Form
Metre 1111 11011 1011 1111 101101 10111111 1111 11011 1011 0111 100111010 1111101 1111 01011 101001001 101100011 111 0100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 482
Words 69
Sentences 2
Stanzas 3
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6
Lines Amount 18
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 110
Words per stanza (avg) 22
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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