Analysis of Where I have lost, I softer tread
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Where I have lost, I softer tread—
I sow sweet flower from garden bed—
I pause above that vanished head
And mourn.
Whom I have lost, I pious guard
From accent harsh, or ruthless word—
Feeling as if their pillow heard,
Though stone!
When I have lost, you'll know by this—
A Bonnet black—A dusk surplice—
A little tremor in my voice
Like this!
Why, I have lost, the people know
Who dressed in flocks of purest snow
Went home a century ago
Next Bliss!
| Scheme | AAAX XBBX CCXC DDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 111101101 11011101 01 11111101 10111101 10111101 11 11111111 0101011 01010011 11 11110101 11011101 11010001 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 87 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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