Analysis of We pray—to Heaven
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We pray—to Heaven—
We prate—of Heaven—
Relate—when Neighbors die—
At what o'clock to heaven—they fled—
Who saw them—Wherefore fly?
Is Heaven a Place—a Sky—a Tree?
Location's narrow way is for Ourselves—
Unto the Dead
There's no Geography—
But State—Endowal—Focus—
Where-Omnipresence—fly?
Scheme | AABCB DXCD XB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110 11110 011101 110111011 11111 110010101 110111001 1001 110100 11110 10101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 320 |
Words | 42 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 11 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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