Analysis of While it is alive
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
While it is alive
Until Death touches it
While it and I lap one Air
Dwell in one Blood
Under one Sacrament
Show me Division can split or pare—
Love is like Life—merely longer
Love is like Death, during the Grave
Love is the Fellow of the Resurrection
Scooping up the Dust and chanting "Live"!
Scheme | AXBXXB XXXA |
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Poetic Form | Tetractys (20%) Etheree (20%) |
Metre | 11101 011101 1101111 1011 101100 110101111 11111010 11111001 1101010010 101010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 295 |
Words | 57 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
Lines Amount | 10 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 116 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 28 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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