This is an analysis of I Years Had Been From Home, by Emily Dickinson.

I years had been from home,
And now, before the door,…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaca XaXa daca XaXaXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Metre: 101001 110101 11110101 110101 110001 111101 11010111 111101 110111 110101 01011101 110111 110101 111101 11010111 1101001 110001 1101001 110101101 111101 111101 110011 11111101 110001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 24

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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