Analysis of I should not dare to leave my friend
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I should not dare to leave my friend,
Because—because if he should die
While I was gone—and I—too late—
Should reach the Heart that wanted me—
If I should disappoint the eyes
That hunted—hunted so—to see—
And could not bear to shut until
They "noticed" me—they noticed me—
If I should stab the patient faith
So sure I'd come—so sure I'd come—
It listening—listening—went to sleep—
Telling my tardy name—
My Heart would wish it broke before—
Since breaking then—since breaking then—
Were useless as next morning's sun—
Where midnight frosts—had lain!
| Scheme | XXXA XAXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 11111111 01011111 11110111 11011101 1110101 11010111 01111101 11011101 11110101 11111111 1100100111 101101 11111101 11011101 01011101 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 584 |
| Words | 94 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 108 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 14, 2023
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