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?
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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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