Analysis of God gave a loaf to every bird,
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
God gave a loaf to every bird,
But just a crumb to me;
I dare not eat it, though I starve,--
My poignant luxury
To own it, touch it, prove the feat
That made the pellet mine,--
Too happy in my sparrow chance
For ampler coveting.
It might be famine all around,
I could not miss an ear,
Such plenty smiles upon my board,
My garner shows so fair.
I wonder how the rich may feel,--
An Indiaman--an Earl?
I deem that I with but a crumb
Am sovereign of them all.
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| Metre | 110111001 110111 11111111 110100 11111101 110101 11001101 111 11110101 111111 11010111 110111 11010111 1111 11111101 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 449 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 171 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 30, 2023
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