Analysis of The lonesome for they know not What
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The lonesome for they know not What—
The Eastern Exiles—be—
Who strayed beyond the Amber line
Some madder Holiday—
And ever since—the purple Moat
They strive to climb—in vain—
As Birds—that tumble from the clouds
Do fumble at the strain—
The Blessed Ether—taught them—
Some Transatlantic Morn—
When Heaven—was too common—to miss—
Too sure—to dote upon!
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 01011111 01011 11010101 11010 01010101 111101 11110101 110101 011011 10101 110111011 111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 58 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 93 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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