Analysis of My Worthiness is all my Doubt
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My Worthiness is all my Doubt—
His Merit—all my fear—
Contrasting which, my quality
Do lowlier—appear—
Lest I should insufficient prove
For His beloved Need—
The Chiefest Apprehension
Upon my thronging Mind—
'Tis true—that Deity to stoop
Inherently incline—
For nothing higher than Itself
Itself can rest upon—
So I—the undivine abode
Of His Elect Content—
Conform my Soul—as 'twere a Church,
Unto Her Sacrament—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
| Metre | 11001111 110111 01011100 1101 11100101 11011 01010 01111 11110011 010001 11010101 011101 110101 110110 01111101 100100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 433 |
| Words | 67 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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