Analysis of Out of sight? What of that?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Out of sight? What of that?
See the Bird—reach it!
Curve by Curve—Sweep by Sweep—
Round the Steep Air—
Danger! What is that to Her?
Better 'tis to fail—there—
Than debate—here—
Blue is Blue—the World through—
Amber—Amber—Dew-Dew—
Seek—Friend—and see—
Heaven is shy of Earth—that's all—
Bashful Heaven—thy Lovers small—
Hide—too—from thee—
| Scheme | XXXAXAX BBCDDC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 10111 111111 1011 1011110 101111 1011 111011 101011 1101 10111111 10101101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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