Analysis of It knew no lapse, nor Diminuation
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It knew no lapse, nor Diminuation—
But large—serene—
Burned on—until through Dissolution—
It failed from Men—
I could not deem these Planetary forces
Annulled—
But suffered an Exchange of Territory—
Or World—
| Scheme | AAAA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111111 1101 11011010 1111 1111110010 10 1101011100 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 227 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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