Analysis of Unit, like Death, for Whom?

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Unit, like Death, for Whom?
True, like the Tomb,
Who tells no secret
Told to Him—
The Grave is strict—
Tickets admit
Just two—the Bearer—
And the Borne—
And seat—just One—
The Living—tell—
The Dying—but a Syllable—
The Coy Dead—None—
No Chatter—here—no tea—
So Babbler, and Bohea—stay there—
But Gravity—and Expectation—and Fear—
A tremor just, that All's not sure.


Scheme AABCDEFGHIJHKLMN
Poetic Form
Metre 101111 1101 11110 111 0111 1001 11010 001 0111 0101 01010100 0111 110111 1100111 1100001001 01011111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 400
Words 61
Sentences 3
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 16
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 17
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 277
Words per stanza (avg) 59
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 13, 2023

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