Analysis of A doubt if it be Us
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A doubt if it be Us
Assists the staggering Mind
In an extremer Anguish
Until it footing find.
An Unreality is lent,
A merciful Mirage
That makes the living possible
While it suspends the lives.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011111 0101001 01110 011101 1010011 010001 11010100 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 194 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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