Analysis of To this World she returned
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To this World she returned.
But with a tinge of that—
A Compound manner,
As a Sod
Espoused a Violet,
That chiefer to the Skies
Than to himself, allied,
Dwelt hesitating, half of Dust,
And half of Day, the Bride.
| Scheme | ABCDEFGHG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 110111 01010 101 010100 11101 110101 1100111 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 213 |
| Words | 42 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 9 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 162 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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