Analysis of A Moth the hue of this
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Moth the hue of this
Haunts Candles in Brazil.
Nature's Experience would make
Our Reddest Second pale.
Nature is fond, I sometimes think,
Of Trinkets, as a Girl.
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 110001 10010011 1010101 10111011 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 166 |
| Words | 31 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 6 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 64 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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