Analysis of Dreams—are well—but Waking's better
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Dreams—are well—but Waking's better,
If One wake at morn—
If One wake at Midnight—better—
Dreaming—of the Dawn—
Sweeter—the Surmising Robins—
Never gladdened Tree—
Than a Solid Dawn—confronting—
Leading to no Day—
Scheme | AXAX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111110 11111 1111110 10101 100110 1011 10101010 10111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 240 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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