Analysis of The Test of Love—is Death
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Test of Love—is Death—
Our Lord—"so loved"—it saith—
What Largest Lover—hath
Another—doth—
If smaller Patience—be—
Through less Infinity—
If Bravo, sometimes swerve—
Through fainter Nerve—
Accept its Most—
And overlook—the Dust—
Last—Least—
The Cross'—Request—
| Scheme | AAXX BBCC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 011111 1011111 110101 0101 110101 110100 110011 1101 0111 01001 11 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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