Analysis of When I hoped, I recollect
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
When I hoped, I recollect
Just the place I stood—
At a Window facing West—
Roughest Air—was good—
Not a Sleet could bite me—
Not a frost could cool—
Hope it was that kept me warm—
Not Merino shawl—
When I feared—I recollect
Just the Day it was—
Worlds were lying out to Sun—
Yet how Nature froze—
Icicles upon my soul
Prickled Blue and Cool—
Bird went praising everywhere—
Only Me—was still—
And the Day that I despaired—
This—if I forget
Nature will—that it be Night
After Sun has set—
Darkness intersect her face—
And put out her eye—
Nature hesitate—before
Memory and I—
| Scheme | ABXB XCXX AXXX XCXX XDXDXEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 10111 1010101 10111 101111 10111 1111111 10101 111101 10111 1010111 11101 1000111 1101 111010 10111 0011101 11101 1011111 10111 100101 01101 101001 10001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 606 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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