Analysis of Love—thou art high
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Love—thou art high—
I cannot climb thee—
But, were it Two—
Who know but we—
Taking turns—at the Chimborazo—
Ducal—at last—stand up by thee—
Love—thou are deep—
I cannot cross thee—
But, were there Two
Instead of One—
Rower, and Yacht—some sovereign Summer—
Who knows—but we'd reach the Sun?
Love—thou are Veiled—
A few—behold thee—
Smile—and alter—and prattle—and die—
Bliss—were an Oddity—without thee—
Nicknamed by God—
Eternity—
Scheme | ABCBXB XBCDXD XBABXB |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111 11011 1011 1111 101101 10111111 1111 11011 1011 0111 100111010 1111101 1111 01011 101001001 101100011 111 0100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 482 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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