Analysis of Sweet—You forgot—but I remembered
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Sweet—You forgot—but I remembered
Every time—for Two—
So that the Sum be never hindered
Through Decay of You—
Say if I erred? Accuse my Farthings—
Blame the little Hand
Happy it be for You—a Beggar's—
Seeking More—to spend—
Just to be Rich—to waste my Guineas
On so Best a Heart—
Just to be Poor—for Barefoot Vision
You—Sweet—Shut me out—
| Scheme | ABAB CXCX CXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 110111010 100111 110111010 10111 11110111 10101 10111101 10111 111111110 11101 11111110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 367 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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