Analysis of Each Second is the last
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Each Second is the last
Perhaps, recalls the Man
Just measuring unconsciousness
The Sea and Spar between.
To fail within a Chance—
How terribler a thing
Than perish from the Chance's list
Before the Perishing!
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110101 01101 1100100 010101 110101 1101 1101011 010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 212 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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