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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