This is an analysis of If I'M Lost&Mdash;Now by Emily Dickinson.

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If I'm lost—now…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XXXaX XXXXXXaX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,5,8,
  • Metre: 1 00100 11110 1110110 11000100101 11000000 101100000000 010000100 1110110 11101100 01000000110 1101110 1100000101 11000010
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: sonnet with trochaic tetrameter or irregular meter
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 14