Analysis of Besides this May
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Besides this May
We know
There is Another—
How fair
Our Speculations of the Foreigner!
Some know Him whom We knew—
Sweet Wonder—
A Nature be
Where Saints, and our plain going Neighbor
Keep May!
| Scheme | AXBXB XBXBA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (70%) Etheree (40%) |
| Metre | 0111 11 11010 11 1001010100 111111 110 0101 1101011010 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 198 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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