Analysis of Love—is that Later Thing than Death
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Love—is that later Thing than Death—
More previous—than Life—
Confirms it at its entrance—And
Usurps it—of itself—
Tastes Death—the first—to hand the sting
The Second—to its friend—
Disarms the little interval—
Deposits Him with God—
Then hovers—an inferior Guard—
Lest this Beloved Charge
Need—once in an Eternity—
A smaller than the Large—
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11110111 110011 01111100 11101 11011101 010111 1010100 010111 110101001 11011 11010100 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 374 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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