Analysis of I am alive—I guess

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I am alive—I guess—
The Branches on my Hand
Are full of Morning Glory—
And at my finger's end—

The Carmine—tingles warm—
And if I hold a Glass
Across my Mouth—it blurs it—
Physician's—proof of Breath—

I am alive—because
I am not in a Room—
The Parlor—Commonly—it is—
So Visitors may come—

And lean—and view it sidewise—
And add "How cold—it grew"—
And "Was it conscious—when it stepped
In Immortality?"

I am alive—because
I do not own a House—
Entitled to myself—precise—
And fitting no one else—

And marked my Girlhood's name—
So Visitors may know
Which Door is mine—and not


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Poetic Form
Metre 110111 010111 1111010 01111 01011 011101 0111111 010111 110101 111001 01010011 110011 010111 011111 01110111 00100 110101 111101 0101101 010111 01111 110011 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 617
Words 104
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 3
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 73
Words per stanza (avg) 17
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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