Analysis of So set its Sun in Thee
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
So set its Sun in Thee
What Day be dark to me—
What Distance—far—
So I the Ships may see
That touch—how seldomly—
Thy Shore?
| Scheme | AABACD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111111 1101 110111 1111 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 137 |
| Words | 27 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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