Analysis of How happy is the little Stone
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
How happy is the little Stone
That rambles in the Road alone,
And doesn't care about Careers
And Exigencies never fears—
Whose Coat of elemental Brown
A passing Universe put on,
And independent as the Sun
Associates or glows alone,
Fulfilling absolute Decree
In casual simplicity—
| Scheme | AABBCDEAFF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (30%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 11010101 1100101 01010101 0100101 1110101 0101011 0010101 01001101 0101001 01000100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 283 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 10 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 229 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 46 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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