Analysis of A Mien to move a Queen

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



A Mien to move a Queen—
Half Child—Half Heroine—
An Orleans in the Eye
That puts its manner by
For humbler Company
When none are near
Even a Tear—
Its frequent Visitor—

A Bonnet like a Duke—
And yet a Wren's Peruke
Were not so shy
Of Goer by—
And Hands—so slight—
They would elate a Sprite
With Merriment—

A Voice that Alters—Low
And on the Ear can go
Like Let of Snow—
Or shift supreme—
As tone of Realm
On Subjects Diadem—

Too small—to fear—
Too distant—to endear—
And so Men Compromise
And just—revere—


Scheme XXAAXBXX CCAADDD EEEXXX BXXB
Poetic Form Tetractys  (40%)
Metre 011101 111100 1100001 111101 1100100 1111 1001 110100 010101 01011 0111 1101 0111 110101 11 011101 010111 1111 1101 1111 11010 1111 110101 01110 0101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 529
Words 97
Sentences 1
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 8, 7, 6, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 16
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 98
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 14, 2023

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