Analysis of The Future—never spoke
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Future—never spoke—
Nor will He—like the Dumb—
Reveal by sign—a syllable
Of His Profound To Come—
But when the News be ripe—
Presents it—in the Act—
Forestalling Preparation—
Escape—or Substitute—
Indifference to Him—
The Dower—as the Doom—
His Office—but to execute
Fate's—Telegram—to Him—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXB CXBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 010101 111101 01110100 110111 110111 101001 10010 01110 010011 01101 1101110 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 329 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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