Analysis of What did They do since I saw Them?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
What did They do since I saw Them?
Were They industrious?
So many questions to put Them
Have I the eagerness
That could I snatch Their Faces
That could Their lips reply
Not till the last was answered
Should They start for the Sky.
Not if Their Party were waiting,
Not if to talk with Me
Were to Them now, Homesickness
After Eternity.
Not if the Just suspect me
And offer a Reward
Would I restore my Booty
To that Bold Person, God—
| Scheme | ABAB XCXC XDBD DXDX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11111111 010100 11010111 110100 1111110 111101 1101110 111101 11110010 111111 011110 100100 1101011 010001 1101110 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 425 |
| Words | 85 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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