This is an analysis of The Chariot by Emily Dickinson.

Because I could not stop for Death,
He kindly stopped for me;…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: Xabc XaXc deee ddXd Xabc
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 01111111 110111 01011101 110100 11011111 111101 11011101 100100 11011101 110101 11010101 110101 11010111 010001 01110100 010101 11110011 110101 11010101 0010100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 5
  • Lines: 20

Repeated words/phrases

we, passed

Anaphora

we, the