This is an analysis of God Is A Distant—stately Lover by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXa XbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 100101010 11111101 1000010011 10001100000111 11011110000 10101101 100101010 10001101000101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9