Analysis of Those who have been in the Grave the longest
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Those who have been in the Grave the longest—
Those who begin Today—
Equally perish from our Practise—
Death is the other way—
Foot of the Bold did least attempt it—
It—is the White Exploit—
Once to achieve, annuls the power
Once to communicate—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1111001010 110101 100101101 110101 110111011 11011 11011010 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 97 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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