Analysis of Remorse
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Remorse -- is Memory -- awake --
Her Parties all astir --
A Presence of Departed Acts --
At window -- and at Door --
Its Past -- set down before the Soul
And lighted with a Match --
Perusal -- to facilitate --
And help Belief to stretch --
Remorse is cureless -- the Disease
Not even God -- can heal --
For 'tis His institution -- and
The Adequate of Hell --
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01110001 01011 01010101 110011 11110101 010101 0101010 010111 0111001 110111 1110100 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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