Analysis of If I'm lost—now
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If I'm lost—now
That I was found—
Shall still my transport be—
That once—on me—those Jasper Gates
Blazed open—suddenly—
That in my awkward—gazing—face—
The Angels—softly peered—
And touched me with their fleeces,
Almost as if they cared—
I'm banished—now—you know it—
How foreign that can be—
You'll know—Sir—when the Savior's face
Turns so—away from you—
| Scheme | XXAXA BXXXXABX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 111011 11111101 110100 10110101 010101 0111110 11111 1101111 110111 11110101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 393 |
| Words | 57 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 138 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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