Analysis of A Charm invests a face
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Charm invests a face
Imperfectly beheld—
The Lady date not lift her Veil
For fear it be dispelled—
But peers beyond her mesh—
And wishes—and denies—
Lest Interview—annul a want
That Image—satisfies—
| Scheme | XAXA XBAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 010101 01001 01011101 111101 110101 010001 1101001 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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