Analysis of Upon Concluded Lives
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Upon Concluded Lives
There's nothing cooler falls—
Than Life's sweet Calculations—
The mixing Bells and Palls—
Make Lacerating Tune—
To Ears the Dying Side—
'Tis Coronal—and Funeral—
Saluting—in the Road—
Scheme | AXXA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 010101 110101 111010 010101 111 110101 110100 010001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 223 |
Words | 32 |
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) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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