Analysis of We learned the Whole of Love
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We learned the Whole of Love—
The Alphabet—the Words—
A Chapter—then the mighty Book—
Then—Revelation closed—
But in Each Other's eyes
An Ignorance beheld—
Diviner than the Childhood's—
And each to each, a Child—
Attempted to expound
What Neither—understood—
Alas, that Wisdom is so large—
And Truth—so manifold!
| Scheme | XAXB XBAX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 110111 01001 01010101 10101 101101 11001 1101 011101 010101 11001 01110111 01110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 337 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 13, 2023
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