Analysis of Bereaved of all, I went abroad

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Bereaved of all, I went abroad—
No less bereaved was I
Upon a New Peninsula—
The Grave preceded me—

Obtained my Lodgings, ere myself—
And when I sought my Bed—
The Grave it was reposed upon
The Pillow for my Head—

I waked to find it first awake—
I rose—It followed me—
I tried to drop it in the Crowd—
To lose it in the Sea—

In Cups of artificial Drowse
To steep its shape away—
The Grave—was finished—but the Spade
Remained in Memory—


Scheme XXXA XBXB XAXA XXXA
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 01111101 110111 01010100 010101 0111011 011111 0111101 010111 11111101 111101 11111001 111001 0110101 111101 01110101 010100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 458
Words 86
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 84
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on May 03, 2023

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