Analysis of It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It was a Grave, yet bore no Stone
Enclosed 'twas not of Rail
A Consciousness its Acre, and
It held a Human Soul.
Entombed by whom, for what offence
If Home or Foreign born—
Had I the curiosity
'Twere not appeased of men
Till Resurrection, I must guess
Denied the small desire
A Rose upon its Ridge to sow
Or take away a Briar.
| Scheme | XXXX AXXX ABAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11011111 011111 01001100 110101 0111111 111101 1100100 110111 1010111 0101010 01011111 1101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 325 |
| Words | 66 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 04, 2023
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