Analysis of Through the strait pass of suffering
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Through the strait pass of suffering—
The Martyrs—even—trod.
Their feet—upon Temptations—
Their faces—upon God—
A stately—shriven—Company—
Con vulsion—playing round—
Harmless—as streaks of Meteor—
Upon a Planet's Bond—
Their faith—the everlasting troth—
Their Expectation—fair—
The Needle—to the North Degree—
Wades—so—thro' polar Air!
| Scheme | XAXA BXXX XCBC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 10111100 010101 1101010 110011 0101100 11101 10111100 010101 1100101 10101 01010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 379 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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