Analysis of If your Nerve, deny you
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If your Nerve, deny you—
Go above your Nerve—
He can lean against the Grave,
If he fear to swerve—
That's a steady posture—
Never any bend
Held of those Brass arms—
Best Giant made—
If your Soul seesaw—
Lift the Flesh door—
The Poltroon wants Oxygen—
Nothing more—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 111011 10111 1110101 11111 101010 10101 11111 1101 1111 1011 011100 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 281 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 68 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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