Analysis of Renunciation
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Renunciation -- is a piercing Virtue --
The letting go
A Presence -- for an Expectation --
Not now --
The putting out of Eyes --
Just Sunrise --
Lest Day --
Day's Great Progenitor --
Outvie
Renunciation -- is the Choosing
Against itself --
Itself to justify
Unto itself --
When larger function --
Make that appear --
Smaller -- that Covered Vision -- Here --
| Scheme | ABCDEEFGHIHHHCJK |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0010101010 0101 01011010 11 010111 11 11 110100 1 00101010 0101 01110 1001 11010 1101 10110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 351 |
| Words | 69 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 257 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 67 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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