Analysis of Again—his voice is at the door
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Again—his voice is at the door—
I feel the old Degree—
I hear him ask the servant
For such an one—as me—
I take a flower—as I go—
My face to justify—
He never saw me—in this life—
I might surprise his eye!
I cross the Hall with mingled steps—
I—silent—pass the door—
I look on all this world contains—
Just his face—nothing more!
We talk in careless—and it toss—
A kind of plummet strain—
Each—sounding—shyly& mdash;
Just—how—deep—
The other's one—had been—
We walk—I leave my Dog—at home—
A tender—thoughtful Moon—
Goes with us—just a little way—
And—then—we are alone—
Alone—if Angels are "alone"—
First time they try the sky!
Alone—if those "veiled faces"—be—
We cannot count—on High!
I'd give—to live that hour—again—
The purple—in my Vein—
But He must count the drops—himself—
My price for every stain!
Scheme | ABXB XCXC XAXA XDXXX XXXE ECBC XDXD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01111101 110101 1111010 111111 11010111 11110 11011011 110111 11011101 110101 11111101 111101 11010011 011101 110101 111 010111 11111111 010101 11110101 011101 01110101 111101 01111101 110111 111111001 010011 11110101 1111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 886 |
Words | 140 |
Sentences | 6 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 5, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 29 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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