Analysis of Why make it doubt—it hurts it so

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Why make it doubt—it hurts it so—
So sick—to guess—
So strong—to know—
So brave—upon its little Bed
To tell the very last They said
Unto Itself—and smile—And shake—
For that dear—distant—dangerous—Sake—
But—the Instead—the Pinching fear
That Something—it did do—or dare—
Offend the Vision—and it flee—
And They no more remember me—
Nor ever turn to tell me why—
Oh, Master, This is Misery—


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Poetic Form
Metre 11111111 1111 1111 11011101 11010111 10010101 111101001 10010101 11011111 01010011 01110101 11011111 11011100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 433
Words 66
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 13
Lines Amount 13
Letters per line (avg) 23
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 300
Words per stanza (avg) 64
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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