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
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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Emily Dickinson

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