Analysis of If I could bribe them by a Rose
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If I could bribe them by a Rose
I'd bring them every flower that grows
From Amherst to Cashmere!
I would not stop for night, or storm—
Or frost, or death, or anyone—
My business were so dear!
If they would linger for a Bird
My Tambourin were soonest heard
Among the April Woods!
Unwearied, all the summer long,
Only to break in wilder song
When Winter shook the boughs!
What if they hear me!
Who shall say
That such an importunity
May not at last avail?
That, weary of this Beggar's face—
They may not finally say, Yes—
To drive her from the Hall?
| Scheme | AABXXB CCXDDX XXCX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111101 1111001011 110110 11111111 1111110 110011 11110101 110101 010101 110101 10110101 110101 11111 111 1111 111101 1101111 11110011 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 545 |
| Words | 107 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 19 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 106 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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