Analysis of There's a certain Slant of light (258)
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There's a certain Slant of light,
Winter Afternoons--
That oppresses, like the Heft
Of Cathedral Tunes--
Heavenly Hurt, it gives us--
We can find no scar,
But internal difference,
Where the Meanings, are--
None may teach it--Any--
'Tis the Seal Despair--
An imperial affliction
Sent us of the air--
When it comes, the Landscape listens--
Shadows--hold their breath--
When it goes, 'tis like the Distance
On the look of Death--
| Scheme | XAXA XBCB XDXD XECE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 1010111 1001 1010101 10101 1001111 11111 1010100 10101 111110 10101 10100010 11101 1110110 1111 11111010 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 419 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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