Analysis of You love me—you are sure
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
You love me—you are sure—
I shall not fear mistake—
I shall not cheated wake—
Some grinning morn—
To find the Sunrise left—
And Orchards—unbereft—
And Dollie—gone!
I need not start—you're sure—
That night will never be—
When frightened—home to Thee I run—
To find the windows dark—
And no more Dollie—mark—
Quite none?
Be sure you're sure—you know—
I'll bear it better now—
If you'll just tell me so—
Than when—a little dull Balm grown—
Over this pain of mine—
You sting—again!
| Scheme | ABBXCCX AXDEED FXFXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111101 111101 1101 11011 0101 0101 111111 111101 11011111 110101 011101 11 111111 111101 111111 11010111 101111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 517 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 121 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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