Analysis of Our journey had advanced;
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Our journey had advanced;
Our feet were almost come
To that odd fork in Being's road,
Eternity by term.
Our pace took sudden awe,
Our feet reluctant led.
Before were cities, but between,
The forest of the dead.
Retreat was out of hope,--
Behind, a sealed route,
Eternity's white flag before,
And God at every gate.
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1010101 101011 11110101 010011 1011101 1010101 01010101 010101 011111 01011 11101 0111001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 311 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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