Analysis of Of Course—I prayed
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Of Course—I prayed—
And did God Care?
He cared as much as on the Air
A Bird—had stamped her foot—
And cried "Give Me"—
My Reason—Life—
I had not had—but for Yourself—
'Twere better Charity
To leave me in the Atom's Tomb—
Merry, and Nought, and gay, and numb—
Than this smart Misery.
| Scheme | ABBCDEFDGHD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 0111 11111101 011101 0111 1101 11111101 110100 1110011 10010101 111100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 302 |
| Words | 55 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 210 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 53 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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