Analysis of A nearness to Tremendousness
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A nearness to Tremendousness—
An Agony procures—
Affliction ranges Boundlessness—
Vicinity to Laws
Contentment's quiet Suburb—
Affliction cannot stay
In Acres—Its Location
Is Illocality—
| Scheme | AAAA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 0111 11001 010101 010011 11010 010101 0101010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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