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
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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Emily Dickinson

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