Analysis of Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Doubt Me! My Dim Companion!
Why, God, would be content
With but a fraction of the Life—
Poured thee, without a stint—
The whole of me—forever—
What more the Woman can,
Say quick, that I may dower thee
With last Delight I own!
It cannot be my Spirit—
For that was thine, before—
I ceded all of Dust I knew—
What Opulence the more
Had I—a freckled Maiden,
Whose farthest of Degree,
Was—that she might—
Some distant Heaven,
Dwell timidly, with thee!
Sift her, from Brow to Barefoot!
Strain till your last Surmise—
Drop, like a Tapestry, away,
Before the Fire's Eyes—
Winnow her finest fondness—
But hallow just the snow
Intact, in Everlasting flake—
Oh, Caviler, for you!
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 111110 11010101 110101 0111010 110101 1111111 110111 1101110 111101 11011111 110001 1101010 110101 1111 11010 110011 101111 111101 11010001 010101 101010 110101 0100101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 680 |
| Words | 121 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 9, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 25 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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