Analysis of 'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Tis so much joy! 'Tis so much joy!
If I should fail, what poverty!
And yet, as poor as I,
Have ventured all upon a throw!
Have gained! Yes! Hesitated so—
This side the Victory!
Life is but Life! And Death, but Death!
Bliss is, but Bliss, and Breath but Breath!
And if indeed I fail,
At least, to know the worst, is sweet!
Defeat means nothing but Defeat,
No drearier, can befall!
And if I gain! Oh Gun at Sea!
Oh Bells, that in the Steeples be!
At first, repeat it slow!
For Heaven is a different thing,
Conjectured, and waked sudden in—
And might extinguish me!
| Scheme | XAXBBA CCXDDX AABXXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111111 11111100 011111 11010101 1111001 110100 11110111 11110111 010111 11110111 01110101 11101 01111111 11100101 110111 110101001 101100 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 558 |
| Words | 110 |
| Sentences | 18 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 140 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 36 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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