This is an analysis of To Lose Thee by Emily Dickinson.
To lose thee, sweeter than to gain
All other hearts I knew.…
Structure
- Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xcbc
- Stanza lengths: 4,4,
- Metre: 01110101 110111 11010101 111101 010010101 010101 01010100 110010
- Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
- Guessed form: ballad stanza
- Stanzas: 2
- Lines: 8
