Analysis of She staked her Feathers—Gained an Arc
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
She staked her Feathers—Gained an Arc—
Debated—Rose again—
This time—beyond the estimate
Of Envy, or of Men—
And now, among Circumference—
Her steady Boat be seen—
At home—among the Billows—As
The Bough where she was born—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11010111 010101 11010100 110111 0101010 010111 11010101 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 245 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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