Analysis of I reason, Earth is short
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I reason, Earth is short—
And Anguish—absolute—
And many hurt,
But, what of that?
I reason, we could die—
The best Vitality
Cannot excel Decay,
But, what of that?
I reason, that in Heaven—
Somehow, it will be even—
Some new Equation, given—
But, what of that?
| Scheme | xxxA xxxA bxbA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110111 01010 0101 1111 110111 010100 100101 1111 1101010 111110 1101010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 270 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| 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) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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