Analysis of Where Thou art—that—is Home
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Where Thou art—that—is Home—
Cashmere—or Calvary—the same—
Degree—or Shame—
I scarce esteem Location's Name—
So I may Come—
What Thou dost—is Delight—
Bondage as Play—be sweet—
Imprisonment—Content—
And Sentence—Sacrament—
Just We two—meet—
Where Thou art not—is Woe—
Tho' Bands of Spices—row—
What Thou dost not—Despair—
Tho' Gabriel—praise me—Sire—
| Scheme | XAAAX XBXXB CCXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 10110001 0111 110111 1111 111101 101111 010010 010100 1111 111111 111101 111101 11001110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 403 |
| Words | 50 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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