Analysis of The Loneliness One dare not sound
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Loneliness One dare not sound—
And would as soon surmise
As in its Grave go plumbing
To ascertain the size—
The Loneliness whose worst alarm
Is lest itself should see—
And perish from before itself
For just a scrutiny—
The Horror not to be surveyed—
But skirted in the Dark—
With Consciousness suspended—
And Being under Lock—
I fear me this—is Loneliness—
The Maker of the soul
Its Caverns and its Corridors
Illuminate—or seal—
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 01001111 011101 1011110 10101 01001101 110111 01010101 110100 01011101 110001 1100010 010101 11111100 010101 11001100 010011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 449 |
Words | 77 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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