Analysis of You see I cannot see—your lifetime
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
You see I cannot see—your lifetime—
I must guess—
How many times it ache for me—today—Confess—
How many times for my far sake
The brave eyes film—
But I guess guessing hurts—
Mine—got so dim!
Too vague—the face—
My own—so patient—covers—
Too far—the strength—
My timidness enfolds—
Haunting the Heart—
Like her translated faces—
Teasing the want—
It—only—can suffice!
| Scheme | XAAXXXX XXXAXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (33%) |
| Metre | 11110111 111 110111110101 11011111 0111 111101 1111 1101 1111010 1101 111 1001 1001010 1001 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 405 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 143 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 30 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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