Analysis of There's something quieter than sleep
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There's something quieter than sleep
Within this inner room!
It wears a sprig upon its breast—
And will not tell its name.
Some touch it, and some kiss it—
Some chafe its idle hand—
It has a simple gravity
I do not understand!
I would not weep if I were they—
How rude in one to sob!
Might scare the quiet fairy
Back to her native wood!
While simple-hearted neighbors
Chat of the "Early dead"—
We—prone to periphrasis
Remark that Birds have fled!
| Scheme | XXXX XABA XXBX CDCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010011 011101 11010111 011111 1110111 111101 11010100 11101 11111101 110111 1101010 110101 1101010 110101 1111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 451 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| 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) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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