Analysis of Suspense—is Hostiler than Death
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Suspense—is Hostiler than Death—
Death—tho'soever Broad,
Is Just Death, and cannot increase—
Suspense—does not conclude—
But perishes—to live anew—
But just anew to die—
Annihilation—plated fresh
With Immortality—
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 011111 111 11101001 011101 111101 110111 0010101 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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