Analysis of 'Tis customary as we part
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Tis customary as we part
A trinket—to confer—
It helps to stimulate the faith
When Lovers be afar—
'Tis various—as the various taste—
Clematis—journeying far—
Presents me with a single Curl
Of her Electric Hair—
| Scheme | XXXA XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1100111 010101 1111001 110101 1100101001 1001001 10110101 100101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 229 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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