Analysis of If any sink, assure that this, now standing
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If any sink, assure that this, now standing—
Failed like Themselves—and conscious that it rose—
Grew by the Fact, and not the Understanding
How Weakness passed—or Force—arose—
Tell that the Worst, is easy in a Moment—
Dread, but the Whizzing, before the Ball—
When the Ball enters, enters Silence—
Dying—annuls the power to kill.
| Scheme | ABAB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010111110 1101010111 1101010010 11011101 11011100010 110100101 101101010 10101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 350 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 32 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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