Analysis of The Heart has narrow Banks
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Heart has narrow Banks
It measures like the Sea
In mighty—unremitting Bass
And Blue Monotony
Till Hurricane bisect
And as itself discerns
Its sufficient Area
The Heart convulsive learns
That Calm is but a Wall
Of unattempted Gauze
An instant's Push demolishes
A Questioning—dissolves.
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 011101 110101 0100101 010100 1101 010101 1010100 010101 111101 111 1110100 010001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 289 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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