Analysis of The Battle fought between the Soul
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Battle fought between the Soul
And No Man—is the One
Of all the Battles prevalent—
By far the Greater One—
No News of it is had abroad—
Its Bodiless Campaign
Establishes, and terminates—
Invisible—Unknown&mdas h;
Nor History—record it—
As Legions of a Night
The Sunrise scatters—These endure—
Enact—and terminate—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01010101 011101 11010100 110101 11111101 1101 0100010 01000111 1100011 110101 011101 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 339 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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