This is an analysis of A Clock Stopped -- Not The Mantel's by Emily Dickinson.

A clock stopped -- not the mantel's
Geneva's farthest skill…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XaXa bcdc debe dfcf
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 0111010 100101 1101010 111101 1111010 010101 110010100 001001 0011110 010001 01010000 111001 1001010 10101 01010001 010111
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Anaphora

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