Analysis of I have a King, who does not speak
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I have a King, who does not speak—
So—wondering—thro' the hours meek
I trudge the day away—
Half glad when it is night, and sleep,
If, haply, thro' a dream, to peep
In parlors, shut by day.
And if I do—when morning comes—
It is as if a hundred drums
Did round my pillow roll,
And shouts fill all my Childish sky,
And Bells keep saying "Victory"
From steeples in my soul!
And if I don't—the little Bird
Within the Orchard, is not heard,
And I omit to pray
"Father, thy will be done" today
For my will goes the other way,
And it were perjury!
Scheme | AABCCB DDEXFE GGBBBF |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11011111 110010101 110101 11111101 1110111 010111 01111101 11110101 111101 01111101 01110100 110011 01110101 01010111 010111 10111101 11110101 010100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 545 |
Words | 108 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 135 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 35 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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