Analysis of Their Height in Heaven comforts not
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Their Height in Heaven comforts not—
Their Glory—nought to me—
'Twas best imperfect—as it was—
I'm finite—I can't see—
The House of Supposition—
The Glimmering Frontier that
Skirts the Acres of Perhaps—
To Me—shows insecure—
The Wealth I had—contented me—
If 'twas a meaner size—
Then I had counted it until
It pleased my narrow Eyes—
Better than larger values—
That show however true—
This timid life of Evidence
Keeps pleading—"I don't know."
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX ABXB XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010101 110111 11010111 11111 011010 0100011 1010101 111100 01110101 110101 11110101 111101 1011010 11101 11011100 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 473 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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