Analysis of A Book
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There is no frigate like a book
To take us lands away,
Nor any coursers like a page
Of prancing poetry.
This traverse may the poorest take
Without oppress of toll;
How frugal is the chariot
That bears a human soul!
| Scheme | ABCDEFGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 111101 1101101 110100 11010101 010111 11010100 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 215 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 170 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 41 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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