Analysis of Defrauded I a Butterfly
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Defrauded I a Butterfly—
The lawful Heir—for Thee—
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101010 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 63 |
| Words | 10 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 40 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 8 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 10, 2023
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