Analysis of Some—Work for Immortality
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Some—Work for Immortality—
The Chiefer part, for Time—
He—Compensates—immedia tely—
The former—Checks—on Fame—
Slow Gold—but Everlasting—
The Bullion of Today—
Contrasted with the Currency
Of Immortality—
A Beggar—Here and There—
Is gifted to discern
Beyond the Broker's insight—
One's—Money—One's-the Mine—
| Scheme | AXXX XXAA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1110100 01111 11011 010111 111010 010101 01010100 10100 010101 110101 010101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 343 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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