Analysis of She rose to His Requirement
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
She rose to His Requirement—dropt
The Playthings of Her Life
To take the honorable Work
Of Woman, and of Wife—
If ought She missed in Her new Day,
Of Amplitude, or Awe—
Or first Prospective—Or the Gold
In using, wear away,
It lay unmentioned—as the Sea
Develop Pearl, and Weed,
But only to Himself—be known
The Fathoms they abide—
| Scheme | ABXB AXAX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11110101 01101 11010001 110011 11110011 11011 11010101 010101 11010101 010101 11010111 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 341 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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