Analysis of Did we disobey Him?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Did we disobey Him?
Just one time!
Charged us to forget Him—
But we couldn't learn!
Were Himself—such a Dunce—
What would we—do?
Love the dull lad—best—
Oh, wouldn't you?
| Scheme | AXAX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011 111 111011 11101 001101 1111 10111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 32 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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