Analysis of How far is it to Heaven?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
How far is it to Heaven?
As far as Death this way—
Of River or of Ridge beyond
Was no discovery.
How far is it to Hell?
As far as Death this way—
How far left hand the Sepulchre
Defies Topography.
| Scheme | xAxb xAbb |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111110 111111 11011101 110100 111111 111111 111101 010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 201 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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