Analysis of Delayed till she had ceased to know
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Delayed till she had ceased to know—
Delayed till in its vest of snow
Her loving bosom lay—
An hour behind the fleeting breath—
Later by just an hour than Death—
Oh lagging Yesterday!
Could she have guessed that it would be—
Could but a crier of the joy
Have climbed the distant hill—
Had not the bliss so slow a pace
Who knows but this surrendered face
Were undefeated still?
Oh if there may departing be
Any forgot by Victory
In her imperial round—
Show them this meek appareled thing
That could not stop to be a king—
Doubtful if it be crowned!
| Scheme | AABCCB DXEFFE DDGHHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111111 01101111 010101 110010101 101111011 11010 11111111 11010101 110101 11011101 11110101 00101 11110101 10011100 0001001 111111 11111101 101111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 554 |
| Words | 106 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 144 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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