Analysis of The Rose did caper on her cheek
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Rose did caper on her cheek—
Her Bodice rose and fell—
Her pretty speech—like drunken men—
Did stagger pitiful—
Her fingers fumbled at her work—
Her needle would not go—
What ailed so smart a little Maid—
It puzzled me to know—
Till opposite—I spied a cheek
That bore another Rose—
Just opposite—Another speech
That like the Drunkard goes—
A Vest that like her Bodice, danced—
To the immortal tune—
Till those two troubled—little Clocks
Ticked softly into one.
| Scheme | AXXX XBXB ACXC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01110101 010101 01011101 110100 01010101 010111 11110101 110111 11001101 110101 11000101 110101 01110101 100101 11110101 110011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 489 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 92 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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