Analysis of There is a pain—so utter
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There is a pain—so utter—
It swallows substance up—
Then covers the Abyss with Trance—
So Memory can step
Around—across—upon it—
As one within a Swoon—
Goes safely—where an open eye—
Would drop Him—Bone by Bone.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGH |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101110 110101 11000111 110011 0101011 110101 11011101 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 164 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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