Analysis of Only God—detect the Sorrow
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Only God—detect the Sorrow—
Only God—
The Jehovahs—are no Babblers—
Unto God—
God the Son—Confide it—
Still secure—
God the Spirit's Honor—
Just as sure—
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10101010 101 011110 101 101011 101 101010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 176 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 117 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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