Analysis of The first Day that I was a Life
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The first Day that I was a Life
I recollect it—How still—
That last Day that I was a Life
I recollect it—as well—
'Twas stiller—though the first
Was still—
"Twas empty—but the first
Was full—
This—was my finallest Occasion—
But then
My tenderer Experiment
Toward Men—
"Which choose I"?
That—I cannot say—
"Which choose They"?
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| Scheme | ABAX CBCX XDXD XEEX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 01111101 101111 11111101 101111 110101 11 110101 11 1111010 11 110100 011 111 11101 111 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 361 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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