Analysis of Only a Shrine, but Mine

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Only a Shrine, but Mine—
I made the Taper shine—
Madonna dim, to whom all Feet may come,
Regard a Nun—

Thou knowest every Woe—
Needless to tell thee—so—
But can'st thou do
The Grace next to it—heal?
That looks a harder skill to us—
Still—just as easy, if it be thy Will
To thee—Grant me—
Thou knowest, though, so Why tell thee?


Scheme AAXX BBXXXXCC
Poetic Form
Metre 100111 110101 0101111111 0101 111001 101111 11111 011111 11010111 1111011111 1111 1111111
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 346
Words 65
Sentences 3
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 8
Lines Amount 12
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 123
Words per stanza (avg) 32
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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