Analysis of That is solemn we have ended
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
That is solemn we have ended
Be it but a Play
Or a Glee among the Garret
Or a Holiday
Or a leaving Home, or later,
Parting with a World
We have understood for better
Still to be explained.
Scheme | XAXA BXBX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11101110 11101 10101010 1010 10101110 10101 1101110 11101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 189 |
Words | 41 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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