Analysis of I tried to think a lonelier Thing
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I tried to think a lonelier Thing
Than any I had seen—
Some Polar Expiation—An Omen in the Bone
Of Death's tremendous nearness—
I probed Retrieverless things
My Duplicate—to borrow—
A Haggard Comfort springs
From the belief that Somewhere—
Within the Clutch of Thought—
There dwells one other Creature
Of Heavenly Love—forgot—
I plucked at our Partition
As One should pry the Walls—
Between Himself—and Horror's Twin—
Within Opposing Cells—
I almost strove to clasp his Hand,
Such Luxury—it grew—
That as Myself—could pity Him—
Perhaps he—pitied me—
Scheme | XXXA AXA XXXX XAXA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 110111 1101110001 110101 1111 110011 010101 100111 010111 1111010 1100101 11110010 111101 0101011 010101 1111111 110011 1111101 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 577 |
Words | 90 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 19 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 21, 2023
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