Analysis of Three times—we parted—Breath—and I
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Three times—we parted—Breath—and I—
Three times—He would not go—
But strove to stir the lifeless Fan
The Waters—strove to stay.
Three Times—the Billows tossed me up—
Then caught me—like a Ball—
Then made Blue faces in my face—
And pushed away a sail
That crawled Leagues off—I liked to see—
For thinking—while I die—
How pleasant to behold a Thing
Where Human faces—be—
The Waves grew sleepy—Breath—did not—
The Winds—like Children—lulled—
Then Sunrise kissed my Chrysalis—
And I stood up—and lived—
Scheme | AXXX XXXX BAXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110101 111111 11110101 010111 11010111 111101 11110011 010101 11111111 110111 11010101 110101 01110111 011101 1111100 011101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 546 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 98 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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