Analysis of We miss Her, not because We see
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We miss Her, not because We see—
The Absence of an Eye—
Except its Mind accompany
Abridge Society
As slightly as the Routes of Stars—
Ourselves—asleep below—
We know that their superior Eyes
Include Us—as they go—
| Scheme | AXAA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 11010111 010111 01110100 010100 11010111 0010101 111101001 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 228 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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