Analysis of The Soul has Bandaged moments

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



The Soul has Bandaged moments—
When too appalled to stir—
She feels some ghastly Fright come up
And stop to look at her—

Salute her—with long fingers—
Caress her freezing hair—
Sip, Goblin, from the very lips
The Lover—hovered—o'er—
Unworthy, that a thought so mean
Accost a Theme—so—fair—

The soul has moments of Escape—
When bursting all the doors—
She dances like a Bomb, abroad,
And swings upon the Hours,

As do the Bee—delirious borne—
Long Dungeoned from his Rose—
Touch Liberty—then know no more,
But Noon, and Paradise—

The Soul's retaken moments—
When, Felon led along,
With shackles on the plumed feet,
And staples, in the Song,

The Horror welcomes her, again,
These, are not brayed of Tongue—


Scheme ABXB CDXBXD XXXC XXXX AEXE XX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111010 110111 11110111 011110 0101110 010101 11010101 0101010 01010111 010111 01110101 110101 11010101 0101010 110101001 11111 11001111 11010 0101010 110101 1101011 010001 01010001 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 730
Words 121
Sentences 1
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 6, 4, 4, 4, 2
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 91
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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