Analysis of You'll find—it when you try to die

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



You'll find—it when you try to die—
The Easier to let go—
For recollecting such as went—
You could not spare—you know.

And though their places somewhat filled—
As did their Marble names
With Moss—they never grew so full—
You chose the newer names—

And when this World—sets further back—
As Dying—say it does—
The former love—distincter grows—
And supersedes the fresh—

And Thought of them—so fair invites—
It looks too tawdry Grace
To stay behind—with just the Toys
We bought—to ease their place—


Scheme XAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC
Poetic Form Quatrain  (75%)
Metre 11111111 0100111 1010111 111111 01110111 111101 11110111 110101 01111101 110111 010111 00101 01111101 111101 11011101 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 531
Words 86
Sentences 2
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 16
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 21
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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