Home by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem Home that begins with:

Years I had been from home,
And now, before the door... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: Xaba Xaca XaXa daca XaXaXdbdb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,4,9,
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Сlosest rhyme: rondeau rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 011001 110101 11110101 110101 110001 111101 11010111 111101 110111 110101 01011101 110111 110101 111101 11010111 1101001 110001 1101001 110101101 111101 111101 110011 11111101 110001
  • Amount of stanzas: 6
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 111
  • Average number of words per stanza: 22
  • Amount of lines: 24
  • Average number of symbols per line: 27 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; i is repeated.

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word i is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Home;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

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