Analysis of We don't cry—Tim and I

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



We don't cry—Tim and I,
We are far too grand—
But we bolt the door tight
To prevent a friend—

Then we hide our brave face
Deep in our hand—
Not to cry—Tim and I—
We are far too grand—

Nor to dream—he and me—
Do we condescend—
We just shut our brown eye
To see to the end—

Tim—see Cottages—
But, Oh, so high!
Then—we shake—Tim and I—
And lest I—cry—

Tim—reads a little Hymn—
And we both pray—
Please, Sir, I and Tim—
Always lost the way!

We must die—by and by—
Clergymen say—
Tim—shall—if I—do—
I—too—if he—

How shall we arrange it—
Tim—was—so—shy?
Take us simultaneous—Lord—
I—"Tim"—and Me!


Scheme aBxc xbaB dcac xaaa efef afxd xaxd
Poetic Form Quatrain  (43%)
Metre 111101 11111 111011 10101 1111011 10101 111101 11111 111101 1101 1111011 11101 11100 1111 111101 0111 110101 0111 11101 1101 111101 1001 11111 1111 111011 1111 1101001 1101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 651
Words 113
Sentences 5
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 15
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 61
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 13, 2023

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