Analysis of Escaping backward to perceive
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Escaping backward to perceive
The Sea upon our place—
Escaping forward, to confront
His glittering Embrace—
Retreating up, a Billow's height
Retreating blinded down
Our undermining feet to meet
Instructs to the Divine.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01010101 0101101 01010101 110001 0101011 010101 10100111 011001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 17, 2023
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