Analysis of No Rack can torture me
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
No Rack can torture me—
My Soul—at Liberty—
Behind this mortal Bone
There knits a bolder One—
You cannot prick with saw—
Nor pierce with Scimitar—
Two Bodies—therefore be—
Bind One—The Other fly—
The Eagle of his Nest
No easier divest—
And gain the Sky
Than mayest Thou—
Except Thyself may be
Thine Enemy—
Captivity is Consciousness—
So's Liberty.
| Scheme | AAXX XXAB CCBX AAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111100 011101 110101 110111 1111 11011 110101 010111 110001 0101 111 01111 1100 01001100 1100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 368 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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