Analysis of A Wife—at daybreak I shall be
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Wife—at daybreak I shall be—
Sunrise—Hast thou a Flag for me?
At Midnight, I am but a Maid,
How short it takes to make a Bride—
Then—Midnight, I have passed from thee
Unto the East, and Victory—
Midnight—Good Night! I hear them call,
The Angels bustle in the Hall—
Softly my Future climbs the Stair,
I fumble at my Childhood's prayer
So soon to be a Child no more—
Eternity, I'm coming—Sire,
Savior—I've seen the face—before!
| Scheme | AAXXAA BBCCDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111111 1110111 1111101 11111101 1111111 10010100 1111111 01010001 10110101 1101111 11110111 010011010 10110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 447 |
| Words | 79 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 163 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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