Analysis of You love the Lord—you cannot see
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
You love the Lord—you cannot see—
You write Him—every day—
A little note—when you awake—
And further in the Day.
An Ample Letter—How you miss—
And would delight to see—
But then His House—is but a Step—
And Mine's—in Heaven—You see.
| Scheme | ABXB XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11011101 1111001 01011101 010001 11010111 010111 11111101 0101011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 259 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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