Analysis of This World is not Conclusion
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
This World is not Conclusion.
A Species stands beyond—
Invisible, as Music—
But positive, as Sound—
It beckons, and it baffles—
Philosophy—don't know—
And through a Riddle, at the last—
Sagacity, must go—
To guess it, puzzles scholars—
To gain it, Men have borne
Contempt of Generations
And Crucifixion, shown—
Faith slips—and laughs, and rallies—
Blushes, if any see—
Plucks at a twig of Evidence—
And asks a Vane, the way—
Much Gesture, from the Pulpit—
Strong Hallelujahs roll—
Narcotics cannot still the Tooth
That nibbles at the soul—
Scheme | ABCDEFGFHIJKLMNOPQRQ |
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Poetic Form | Etheree (35%) Tetractys (20%) |
Metre | 1111010 010101 0100110 110011 1100110 010011 01010101 111 1111010 111111 011010 00101 1101010 101101 11011100 010101 1101010 111 01010101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 564 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 20 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 419 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 89 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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