Analysis of The Love a Life can show Below
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Love a Life can show Below
Is but a filament, I know,
Of that diviner thing
That faints upon the face of Noon—
And smites the Tinder in the Sun—
And hinders Gabriel's Wing—
'Tis this—in Music—hints and sways—
And far abroad on Summer days—
Distils uncertain pain—
'Tis this enamors in the East—
And tints the Transit in the West
With harrowing Iodine—
'Tis this—invites—appalls—endows-
Flits—glimmers—proves—di ssolves—
Returns—suggests—co nvicts—enchants—
Then—flings in Paradise—
Scheme | AABXXB CCXXXX XCCX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 11010011 1111 11010111 01010001 0101001 11010101 01011101 10101 11010001 01010001 110010 11010101 110111 0101111 11010 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 527 |
Words | 76 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 127 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 07, 2023
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