Analysis of Denial—is the only fact
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Denial—is the only fact
Perceived by the Denied—
Whose Will—a numb significance—
The Day the Heaven died—
And all the Earth strove common round—
Without Delight, or Beam—
What Comfort was it Wisdom—was—
The spoiler of Our Home?
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01010101 011001 11010100 010101 01011101 010111 11011101 0101101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 246 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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