This is an analysis of I Shall Know Why—when Time Is Over by Emily Dickinson.

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I shall know why—when Time is over—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X Xaba Xcbc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 111111010 11110101 1001110110 00111001 10111100010 11110101 110101010 11111111
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9