This is an analysis of I Tried To Think A Lonelier Thing by Emily Dickinson.

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I tried to think a lonelier Thing…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXaX bXb XXXX aXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,3,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 110101001 1101110 1101000010001 01010100 1110001 1100000100 0101001 0001110000 0101010 1111010 0100100000 1111010 1111010 0110001010 0101010 11110101 11000010 1110001010 01100010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 20