Analysis of The Bible is an antique Volume
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Bible is an antique Volume—
Written by faded men
At the suggestion of Holy Spectres—
Subjects—Bethlehem- ;
Eden—the ancient Homestead—
Satan—the Brigadier—
Judas—the Great Defaulter—
David—the Troubador—
Sin—a distinguished Precipice
Others must resist—
Boys that "believe" are very lonesome—
Other Boys are "lost"—
Had but the Tale a warbling Teller—
All the Boys would come—
Orpheus' Sermon captivated—
It did not condemn—
| Scheme | ABCDEFGFCHIJGIKD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010110110 101101 100101101 1010 100101 10001 1001010 1001 10010100 10101 110111010 10111 1101010010 10111 10010100 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 460 |
| Words | 64 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 16 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 340 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 63 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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