This is an analysis of "Heaven"—Is What I Cannot Reach! by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 10000011101 0101010 01001100000 1001001001 010101010 0101010 010101100 1000000001 0101000000 01000000 10000001000 1110000
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 13

Anaphora

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