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.
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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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