Analysis of Pain—expands the Time
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Pain—expands the Time—
Ages coil within
The minute Circumference
Of a single Brain—
Pain contracts—the Time—
Occupied with Shot
Gamuts of Eternities
Are as they were not—
| Scheme | AXBX ACBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 10101 10101 010010 10101 1101 1011 111 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 183 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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