Analysis of For Death—or rather
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
For Death—or rather
For the Things 'twould buy—
This—put away
Life's Opportunity—
The Things that Death will buy
Are Room—
Escape from Circumstances—
And a Name—
With Gifts of Life
How Death's Gifts may compare—
We know not—
For the Rates—lie Here—
| Scheme | XAXX AXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110 10111 1101 10100 011111 11 011100 001 1111 111101 111 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 267 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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