Analysis of He strained my faith
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
He strained my faith—
Did he find it supple?
Shook my strong trust—
Did it then—yield?
Hurled my belief—
But—did he shatter—it?
Racked—with suspense—
Not a nerve failed!
Wrung me—with Anguish—
But I never doubted him—
'Tho' for what wrong
He did never say—
Stabbed—while I sued
His sweet forgiveness—
Jesus—it's your little "John"!
Don't you know—me?
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 111110 1111 1111 1101 111101 1101 1011 11110 1110101 1111 11101 1111 11010 1011101 1111 |
Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
Characters | 375 |
Words | 59 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 06, 2023
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