Analysis of I dwell in Possibility
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I dwell in Possibility—
A fairer House than Prose—
More numerous of Windows—
Superior—for Doors—
Of Chambers as the Cedars—
Impregnable of Eye—
And for an Everlasting Roof
The Gambrels of the Sky—
Of Visitors—the fairest—
For Occupation—This—
The spreading wide of narrow Hands
To gather Paradise—
| Scheme | XAAX XBXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 1100100 010111 1100110 010011 1101010 010011 0110101 01101 1100010 10101 01011101 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 320 |
| Words | 49 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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