Analysis of We see—Comparatively
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We see—Comparatively—
The Thing so towering high
We could not grasp its segment
Unaided—Yesterday—
This Morning's finer Verdict—
Makes scarcely worth the toil—
A furrow—Our Cordillera—
Our Apennine—a Knoll—
Perhaps 'tis kindly—done us—
The Anguish—and the loss—
The wrenching—for His Firmament
The Thing belonged to us—
To spare these Striding Spirits
Some Morning of Chagrin—
The waking in a Gnat's—embrace—
Our Giants—further on—
Scheme | XXAX XXXX BXAB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101000 0111001 1111110 01010 1101010 110101 010101 101001 0111011 010001 010111 010111 1111010 110101 01000101 1010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 468 |
Words | 65 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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