Analysis of The Soul's Superior instants
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Soul's Superior instants
Occur to Her—alone—
When friend—and Earth's occasion
Have infinite withdrawn—
Or She—Herself—ascended
To too remote a Height
For lower Recognition
Than Her Omnipotent—
This Mortal Abolition
Is seldom—but as fair
As Apparition—subject
To Autocratic Air—
Eternity's disclosure
To favorites—a few—
Of the Colossal substance
Of Immortality
| Scheme | AXBX XXBX BCXC XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 0101001 011001 1101010 110001 1101010 110101 110010 100100 110010 110111 101001 10101 1010 110001 1001010 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 381 |
| Words | 52 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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