Analysis of Tho' I get home how late—how late
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Tho' I get home how late—how late—
So I get home - 'twill compensate—
Better will be the Ecstasy
That they have done expecting me—
When Night—descending—dumb—and dark—
They hear my unexpected knock—
Transporting must the moment be—
Brewed from decades of Agony!
To think just how the fire will burn—
Just how long-cheated eyes will turn—
To wonder what myself will say,
And what itself, will say to me—
Beguiles the Centuries of way!
| Scheme | AABBXXBB CCDBD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 1111110 10110100 11110101 11010101 1110101 01010101 11011100 111101011 11110111 1101111 01011111 1010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 455 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 02, 2023
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