Analysis of The Manner of its Death
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Manner of its Death
When Certain it must die—
'Tis deemed a privilege to choose—
'Twas Major Andre's Way—
When Choice of Life—is past—
There yet remains a Love
Its little Fate to stipulate—
How small in those who live—
The Miracle to tease
With Bable of the styles—
How "they are Dying mostly—now"—
And Customs at "St. James"!
| Scheme | XXXX XXX X XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 110111 1101011 11011 111111 110101 1101110 110111 010011 11101 11110101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 347 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 1, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 63 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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