Analysis of This heart that broke so long
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
This heart that broke so long—
These feet that never flagged—
This faith that watched for star in vain,
Give gently to the dead—
Hound cannot overtake the Hare
That fluttered panting, here—
Nor any schoolboy rob the nest
Tenderness builded there.
| Scheme | XXXX AXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111111 111101 11111101 110101 1101001 110101 1101101 10011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 255 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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