Analysis of It's easy to invent a Life
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It's easy to invent a Life—
God does it—every Day—
Creation—but the Gambol
Of His Authority—
It's easy to efface it—
The thrifty Deity
Could scarce afford Eternity
To Spontaneity—
The Perished Patterns murmur—
But His Perturbless Plan
Proceed—inserting Here—a Sun—
There—leaving out a Man—
| Scheme | XXXA XAAA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11010101 1111001 010101 110100 1101011 010100 11010100 10100 0101010 1111 01010101 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 312 |
| Words | 47 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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