This is an analysis of Proud Of My Broken Heart by Emily Dickinson.

Proud of my broken heart, since thou didst break it.
Proud of the pain, I did not feel? till thee.…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: aXaX bXXb
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,
  • Metre: 10110111110 1001101111 10111101110 100111010100 11111101001010 1011010110100 1111010001010 111111010101
  • Closest metre: trochaic pentameter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 2
  • Lines: 8

Repeated words/phrases

proud, my, of

Anaphora

proud