Analysis of Conscious am I in my Chamber
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Conscious am I in my Chamber,
Of a shapeless friend—
He doth not attest by Posture—
Nor Confirm—by Word—
Neither Place—need I present Him—
Fitter Courtesy
Hospitable intuition
Of His Company—
Presence—is His furthest license—
Neither He to Me
Nor Myself to Him—by Accent—
Forfeit Probity—
Weariness of Him, were quainter
Than Monotony
Knew a Particle—of Space's
Vast Society
Neither if He visit Other—
Do He dwell—or Nay—know I—
But Instinct esteem Him
Immortality—
| Scheme | AXAX BCXC XCXC ACCC AXBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) Tetractys (25%) |
| Metre | 10110110 10101 11101110 10111 10111101 10100 1100010 11100 10111010 10111 1111101 10100 1001101 10100 1010011 10100 10111010 1111111 110011 0100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 490 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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