Analysis of So well that I can live without
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
So well that I can live without—
I love thee—then How well is that?
As well as Jesus?
Prove it me
That He—loved Men—
As I—love thee—
| Scheme | ABCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 11111111 11110 111 1111 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 147 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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