Analysis of The Soul unto itself (683)
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Soul unto itself
Is an imperial friend --
Or the most agonizing Spy --
An Enemy -- could send --
Secure against its own --
No treason it can fear --
Itself -- its Sovereign -- of itself
The Soul should stand in Awe --
| Scheme | ABXB XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011001 1101001 10110001 110011 010111 110111 01110101 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 226 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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