Analysis of This World is not Conclusion

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond—
Invisible, as Music—
But positive, as Sound—
It beckons, and it baffles—
Philosophy—don't know—
And through a Riddle, at the last—
Sagacity, must go—
To guess it, puzzles scholars—
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown—
Faith slips—and laughs, and rallies—
Blushes, if any see—
Plucks at a twig of Evidence—
And asks a Vane, the way—
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit—
Strong Hallelujahs roll—
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul—


Scheme ABCDEFGFHIJKLMNOPQRQ
Poetic Form Etheree  (35%)
Tetractys  (20%)
Metre 1111010 010101 0100110 110011 1100110 010011 01010101 111 1111010 111111 011010 00101 1101010 101101 11011100 010101 1101010 111 01010101 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 564
Words 91
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 20
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 419
Words per stanza (avg) 89
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 26, 2023

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