Analysis of All forgot for recollecting
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
All forgot for recollecting
Just a paltry One—
All forsook, for just a Stranger's
New Accompanying—
Grace of Wealth, and Grace of Station
Less accounted than
An unknown Esteem possessing—
Estimate—Who can—
Home effaced—Her faces dwindled—
Nature—altered small—
Sun—if shone—or Storm—if shattered—
Overlooked I all—
Dropped—my fate—a timid Pebble—
In thy bolder Sea—
Prove—me—Sweet—if I regret it—
Prove Myself—of Thee—
| Scheme | ABXA BCAC XDXD XEXE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 1011010 10101 10111010 101000 11101110 10101 10101010 10011 1101010 10101 11111110 1011 11101010 01101 11111011 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 459 |
| Words | 62 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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