Analysis of Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Unto like Story—Trouble has enticed me—
How Kinsmen fell—
Brothers and Sister—who preferred the Glory—
And their young will
Bent to the Scaffold, or in Dungeons—chanted—
Till God's full time—
When they let go the ignominy—smiling—
And Shame went still—
Unto guessed Crests, my moaning fancy, leads me,
Worn fair
By Heads rejected—in the lower country—
Of honors there—
Such spirit makes her perpetual mention,
That I—grown bold—
Step martial—at my Crucifixion—
As Trumpets—rolled—
Feet, small as mine—have marched in Revolution
Firm to the Drum—
Hands—not so stout—hoisted them—in witness—
When Speech went numb—
Let me not shame their sublime deportments—
Drilled bright—
Beckoning—Etruscan invitation—
Toward Light—
Scheme | AXABXXXB ACACDEDE DFGFGHDH |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 10110101011 111 10010101010 0111 11010101010 1111 1111010010 0111 10111101011 11 11010001010 1101 11010010010 1111 11011010 1101 1111110010 1101 1111101010 1111 11111011 11 100010010 011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 766 |
Words | 109 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 8, 8 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 191 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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