Analysis of Some Keep the Sabbath Going to Church
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Some keep the Sabbath going to Church --
I keep it, staying at Home --
With a Bobolink for a Chorister --
And an Orchard, for a Dome --
Some keep the Sabbath in Surplice --
I just wear my Wings --
And instead of tolling the Bell, for Church,
Our little Sexton -- sings.
God preaches, a noted Clergyman --
And the sermon is never long,
So instead of getting to Heaven, at least --
I'm going, all along.
| Scheme | ABXB CCAC XDXD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110101011 1111011 101101 0110101 1101001 11111 0011100111 1010101 110010100 00101101 10111011011 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 7 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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