Analysis of Time feels so vast that were it not
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Time feels so vast that were it not
For an Eternity—
I fear me this Circumference
Engross my Finity—
To His exclusion, who prepare
By Processes of Size
For the Stupendous Vision
Of his diameters—
| Scheme | AXBA XXXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11111011 110100 1111010 0111 11010101 110011 1001010 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 202 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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