Analysis of On that dear Frame the Years had worn
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
On that dear Frame the Years had worn
Yet precious as the House
In which We first experienced Light
The Witnessing, to Us—
Precious! It was conceiveless fair
As Hands the Grave had grimed
Should softly place within our own
Denying that they died.
| Scheme | XXAX XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11110111 110101 011101001 010011 101111 110111 110101101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 249 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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