Analysis of Could live—did live
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Could live—did live—
Could die—did die—
Could smile upon the whole
Through faith in one he met not,
To introduce his soul.
Could go from scene familiar
To an untraversed spot—
Could contemplate the journey
With unpuzzled heart—
Such trust had one among us,
Among us not today—
We who saw the launching
Never sailed the Bay!
| Scheme | XXABA XBXX XCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111 1111 110101 1101111 10111 1111010 1111 110010 111 1111011 011101 111010 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 333 |
| Words | 59 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 26, 2023
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