Analysis of A still—Volcano—Life
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A still—Volcano—Life—
That flickered in the night—
When it was dark enough to do
Without erasing sight—
A quiet—Earthquake Style—
Too subtle to suspect
By natures this side Naples—
The North cannot detect
The Solemn—Torrid—Symbol—
The lips that never lie—
Whose hissing Corals part—and shut—
And Cities—ooze away—
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 010101 110001 11110111 010101 01011 110101 1101110 011001 0101010 011101 11010101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 342 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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