Analysis of To be alive—is Power
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To be alive—is Power—
Existence—in itself—
Without a further function—
Omnipotence—Enough—
To be alive—and Will!
'Tis able as a God—
The Maker—of Ourselves—be what—
Such being Finitude!
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1101110 010001 0101010 010001 110101 110101 010100111 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 72 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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