Analysis of Death is a Dialogue between
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Death is a Dialogue between
The Spirit and the Dust.
"Dissolve" says Death—The Spirit "Sir
I have another Trust"—
Death doubts it—Argues from the Ground—
The Spirit turns away
Just laying off for evidence
An Overcoat of Clay.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1101001 010001 01110101 110101 11110101 010101 11011100 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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