Analysis of What shall I do—it whimpers so
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
What shall I do—it whimpers so—
This little Hound within the Heart
All day and night with bark and start—
And yet, it will not go—
Would you untie it, were you me—
Would it stop whining—if to Thee—
I sent it—even now?
It should not tease you—
By your chair—or, on the mat—
Or if it dare—to climb your dizzy knee—
Or—sometimes at your side to run—
When you were willing—
Shall it come?
Tell Carlo—
He'll tell me!
| Scheme | ABBACCX XXCXXXAC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (47%) |
| Metre | 1111111 11010101 11011101 011111 11011011 11110111 111101 11111 1111101 1111111101 10111111 11010 111 110 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 439 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 40 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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