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
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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