Analysis of That Distance was between Us
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
That Distance was between Us
That is not of Mile or Main—
The Will it is that situates—
Equator—never can—
| Scheme | ABAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101011 1111111 011111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 119 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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