This is an analysis of Like Eyes That Looked On Wastes by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXX XXXX XXaX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 11111100 010001 1100101000 0101110 11000010 1110110 110111100 11100010 1100110 01011100 0100010 1100001000 100001000 101001 01010000000 11000110
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 17

Anaphora

so, neither