Analysis of Ourselves were wed one summer—dear
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Ourselves were wed one summer—dear—
Your Vision—was in June—
And when Your little Lifetime failed,
I wearied—too—of mine—
And overtaken in the Dark—
Where You had put me down—
By Some one carrying a Light—
I—too—received the Sign.
'Tis true—Our Futures different lay—
Your Cottage—faced the sun—
While Oceans—and the North must be—
On every side of mine
'Tis true, Your Garden led the Bloom,
For mine—in Frosts—was sown—
And yet, one Summer, we were Queens—
But You—were crowned in June—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 001011101 110101 0111011 110111 0100001 111111 11110001 110101 1110101001 110101 11000111 1100111 11110101 110111 01110101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 528 |
Words | 83 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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