Analysis of Except the Heaven had come so near
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Except the Heaven had come so near—
So seemed to choose My Door—
The Distance would not haunt me so—
I had not hoped—before—
But just to hear the Grace depart—
I never thought to see—
Afflicts me with a Double loss—
'Tis lost—and lost to me—
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010101111 111111 01011111 111101 11110101 110111 01110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 262 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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