Analysis of 'Tis good—the looking back on Grief
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Tis good—the looking back on Grief—
To re-endure a Day—
We thought the Mighty Funeral—
Of All Conceived Joy—
To recollect how Busy Grass
Did meddle—one by one—
Till all the Grief with Summer—waved
And none could see the stone.
And though the Woe you have Today
Be larger—As the Sea
Exceeds its Unremembered Drop—
They're Water—equally—
| Scheme | XAXX XXXX ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 11010111 110101 11010100 11011 1011101 110111 11011101 011101 01011101 110101 01111 110100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 357 |
| Words | 59 |
| 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) | 88 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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