Analysis of Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Presentiment is that long shadow on the lawn
Indicative that suns go down;
The notice to the startled grass
That darkness is about to pass.
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 01001111 01010101 11010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 144 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 113 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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