Analysis of Two swimmers wrestled on the spar
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Two swimmers wrestled on the spar—
Until the morning sun—
When One—turned smiling to the land—
Oh God! the Other One!
The stray ships—passing—
Spied a face—
Upon the waters borne—
With eyes in death—still begging raised—
And hands—beseeching—thrown!
| Scheme | XAXA XXXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010101 010101 11110101 110101 01110 101 010101 11011101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 13, 2023
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