Analysis of I'm "wife"—I've finished that
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I'm "wife"—I've finished that—
That other state—
I'm Czar—I'm "Woman" now—
It's safer so—
How odd the Girl's life looks
Behind this soft Eclipse—
I think that Earth feels so
To folks in Heaven—now—
This being comfort—then
That other kind—was pain—
But why compare?
I'm "Wife"! Stop there!
| Scheme | XXAB XXBA XXCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 1101 111101 1101 110111 011101 111111 110101 110101 110111 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 309 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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