Analysis of I read my sentence—steadily

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I read my sentence—steadily—
Reviewed it with my eyes,
To see that I made no mistake
In its extremest clause—
The Date, and manner, of the shame—
And then the Pious Form
That "God have mercy" on the Soul
The Jury voted Him—
I made my soul familiar—with her extremity—
That at the last, it should not be a novel Agony—
But she, and Death, acquainted—
Meet tranquilly, as friends—
Salute, and pass, without a Hint—
And there, the Matter ends—


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Poetic Form
Metre 11110100 011111 11111101 0111 01010101 010101 11110101 010101 1111010100100 11011111010100 1101010 1111 01010101 010101
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 459
Words 83
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 14
Lines Amount 14
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 336
Words per stanza (avg) 81
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 18, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

Emily Elizabeth Dickinson was an American poet. more…

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