Analysis of Just lost, when I was saved!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Just lost, when I was saved!
Just felt the world go by!
Just girt me for the onset with Eternity,
When breath blew back,
And on the other side
I heard recede the disappointed tide!
Therefore, as One returned, I feel
Odd secrets of the line to tell!
Some Sailor, skirting foreign shores—
Some pale Reporter, from the awful doors
Before the Seal!
Next time, to stay!
Next time, the things to see
By Ear unheard,
Unscrutinized by Eye—
Next time, to tarry,
While the Ages steal—
Slow tramp the Centuries,
And the Cycles wheel!
| Scheme | XABXCC DXEED XBXA BDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 110111 11110110100 1111 010101 110100101 1110111 11010111 11010101 1101010101 0101 1111 110111 1101 111 11110 10101 110100 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 518 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 101 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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