I Ment To Find Her When I Came; by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Ment To Find Her When I Came; that begins with:

I meant to find her when I came;
Death had the same design;... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abXb caXa cdbd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: alternate rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: ballad stanza
  • Metre: 11010111 110101 10011001 101001 11010111 110101 11110101 1111001 01010101 010110 01000101 010011
  • Amount of stanzas: 3
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 118
  • Average number of words per stanza: 23
  • Amount of lines: 12
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 6

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word to 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.

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