Woke Culture

Was Emily Dickinson "woke"? 

Well, I suspect she was for her time; however, she used the words "sleep," "sleeping," and "asleep" in more poems than she used "wake," "waking," "awake," and "woke."

Here's how it breaks down:
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Word / How many poems that word appears in:

Sleep/sleeping:   41
Asleep:  8

Wake/waking:  20
Awake:  9*
Woke:    2

* In one poem, "Bereaved of all, I went abroad," Dickinson used both "waked" and "awake."  Dickinson never used the word "awoke."

Oh, and just FYI:  Dickinson used the word "pillow" in 10 poems, "bed" in 15, and "mattress" in 2.

For more statistics on word use by Emily Dickinson, click HERE.