Analysis of The Body grows without
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Body grows without—
The more convenient way—
That if the Spirit—like to hide
Its Temple stands, alway,
Ajar—secure—inviting&md ash;
It never did betray
The Soul that asked its shelter
In solemn honesty
| Scheme | XAXA XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 010101 010101 11010111 11011 010101011 110101 0111110 010100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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