Analysis of 'Twas warm—at first—like Us

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



'Twas warm—at first—like Us—
Until there crept upon
A Chill—like frost upon a Glass—
Till all the scene—be gone.

The Forehead copied Stone—
The Fingers grew too cold
To ache—and like a Skater's Brook—
The busy eyes—congealed—

It straightened—that was all—
It crowded Cold to Cold—
It multiplied indifference—
As Pride were all it could—

And even when with Cords—
'Twas lowered, like a Weight—
It made no Signal, nor demurred,
But dropped like Adamant.


Scheme XXXX XAXX XAXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 111111 011101 01110101 110111 010101 010111 1101011 010101 110111 110111 1100100 110111 010111 110101 11110101 111100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 480
Words 77
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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