Analysis of A happy lip—breaks sudden
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A happy lip—breaks sudden—
It doesn't state you how
It contemplated—smiling—
Just consummated—now—
But this one, wears its merriment
So patient—like a pain—
Fresh gilded—to elude the eyes
Unqualified, to scan—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 0101110 110111 110010 11001 111111 110101 11010101 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 230 |
Words | 33 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 8 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 166 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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