Analysis of Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Dare you see a Soul at the White Heat?
Then crouch within the door—
Red—is the Fire's common tint—
But when the vivid Ore
Has vanquished Flame's conditions,
It quivers from the Forge
Without a color, but the light
Of unanointed Blaze.
Least Village has its Blacksmith
Whose Anvil's even ring
Stands symbol for the finer Forge
That soundless tugs—within—
Refining these impatient Ores
With Hammer, and with Blaze
Until the Designated Light
Repudiate the Forge—
| Scheme | ABCBDEFGHIEJKGFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111011011 110101 11010101 110101 1101010 11101 01010101 111 110111 11101 11010101 11101 01010101 110011 0101001 01001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 464 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 370 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 76 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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