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 |
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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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