Analysis of I could not prove the Years had feet
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I could not prove the Years had feet—
Yet confident they run
Am I, from symptoms that are past
And Series that are done—
I find my feet have further Goals—
I smile upon the Aims
That felt so ample—Yesterday—
Today's—have vaster claims—
I do not doubt the self I was
Was competent to me—
But something awkward in the fit—
Proves that—outgrown—I see—
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11110111 110011 11110111 010111 11111101 110101 1111010 01111 11110111 110011 11010001 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 369 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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