Analysis of Before I got my eye put out
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Before I got my eye put out
I liked as well to see—
As other Creatures, that have Eyes
And know no other way—
But were it told to me—Today—
That I might have the sky
For mine—I tell you that my Heart
Would split, for size of me—
The Meadows—mine—
The Mountains—mine—
All Forests—Stintless Stars—
As much of Noon as I could take
Between my finite eyes—
The Motions of the Dipping Birds—
The Morning's Amber Road—
For mine—to look at when I liked—
The News would strike me dead—
So safer—guess—with just my soul
Upon the Window pane—
Where other Creatures put their eyes—
Incautious—of the Sun—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111111 111111 11010111 011101 10111101 111101 11111111 111111 011 0101 11011 11111111 01111 01010101 010101 11111111 011111 11011111 010101 11010111 1101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 628 |
Words | 111 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 21 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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