Analysis of Did Our Best Moment last
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Did Our Best Moment last—
'Twould supersede the Heaven—
A few—and they by Risk—procure—
So this Sort—are not given—
Except as stimulants—in
Cases of Despair—
Or Stupor—The Reserve—
These Heavenly Moments are—
A Grant of the Divine—
That Certain as it Comes—
Withdraws—and leaves the dazzled Soul
In her unfurnished Rooms
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1101101 101010 01011101 1111110 0111000 10101 110001 1100101 011001 110111 01010101 0011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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