Analysis of It's such a little thing to weep
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It's such a little thing to weep—
So short a thing to sigh—
And yet—by Trades—the size of these
We men and women die!
| Scheme | ABCB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Ballad stanza Quatrain Simple 4-line |
| Metre | 11010111 110111 01110111 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 130 |
| Words | 26 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 24 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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