Analysis of Like eyes that looked on Wastes
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Like eyes that looked on Wastes—
Incredulous of Ought
But Blank—and steady Wilderness—
Diversified by Night—
Just Infinites of Nought—
As far as it could see—
So looked the face I looked upon—
So looked itself—on Me—
I offered it no Help—
Because the Cause was Mine—
The Misery a Compact
As hopeless—as divine—
Neither—would be absolved—
Neither would be a Queen
Without the Other—Therefore—
We perish—tho' We reign—
| Scheme | XAXX ABXB XCXC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111111 010011 11010100 01011 1111 111111 11011101 110111 110111 010111 0100010 110101 101101 101101 010101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 447 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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