Poetic analysis of There's been a death in the houseby emily dickenson

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"There's been a death in the opposite house", by Emily Dickinson. On the mechanical side, it is of iambic triameter to pentameter, including feminines. There is no significant assonance, consonance, or alliteration.

The setting is in a small town, and the speaker is a neighbor watching this spectacle, who is making conclusions about what is happening. The speaker seems to be terrified of death, because he/she is very afraid of even talking about it. The speaker could've said "my neighbor died" instead of "There's been a



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Approximate Word count = 357
Approximate Pages = 1 (250 words per page double spaced)

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