Analysis of We thirst at first—'tis Nature's Act
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We thirst at first—'tis Nature's Act—
And later—when we die—
A little Water supplicate—
Of fingers going by—
It intimates the finer want—
Whose adequate supply
Is that Great Water in the West—
Termed Immortality—
| Scheme | ABAB XBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11111101 010111 010101 110101 11000101 110001 11110001 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 37 |
| 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) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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