Analysis of To lose one's faith—surpass
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To lose one's faith—surpass
The loss of an Estate—
Because Estates can be
Replenished—faith cannot—
Inherited with Life—
Belief—but once—can be—
Annihilate a single clause—
And Being's—Beggary—
| Scheme | XXAX XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 011101 010111 010110 010011 011111 0100101 0101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 216 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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