Analysis of A single Screw of Flesh
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Is all that pins the Soul
That stands for Deity, to Mine,
Upon my side the Veil—
Once witnessed of the Gauze—
Its name is put away
As far from mine, as if no plight
Had printed yesterday,
In tender—solemn Alphabet,
My eyes just turned to see,
When it was smuggled by my sight
Into Eternity—
More Hands—to hold—These are but Two—
One more new-mailed Nerve
Just granted, for the Peril's sake—
Some striding—Giant—Love—
So greater than the Gods can show,
They slink before the Clay,
That not for all their Heaven can boast
Will let its Keepsake—go
Scheme | XXX XABA XCBC XXXX DAXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 11110011 011101 110101 111101 11111111 11010 0101010 111111 11110111 010100 11111111 11111 1101011 110101 11010111 110101 111111011 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 558 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 3, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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