Analysis of My wheel is in the dark
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My wheel is in the dark!
I cannot see a spoke
Yet know its dripping feet
Go round and round.
My foot is on the Tide!
An unfrequented road—
Yet have all roads
A clearing at the end—
Some have resigned the Loom—
Some in the busy tomb
Find quaint employ—
Some with new—stately feet—
Pass royal through the gate—
Flinging the problem back
At you and I!
| Scheme | XXAX XXXX BBX AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 111001 110101 111101 1101 111101 111 1111 010101 110101 100101 1101 111101 110101 100101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 356 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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