Analysis of A precious—mouldering pleasure
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A precious—mouldering pleasure—'tis—
To meet an Antique Book—
In just the Dress his Century wore—
A privilege—I think—
His venerable Hand to take—
And warming in our own—
A passage back—or two—to make—
To Times when he—was young—
His quaint opinions—to inspect—
His thought to ascertain
On Themes concern our mutual mind—
The Literature of Man—
What interested Scholars—most—
What Competitions ran—
When Plato—was a Certainty—
And Sophocles—a Man—
When Sappho—was a living Girl—
And Beatrice wore
The Gown that Dante—deified—
Facts Centuries before
He traverses—familiar—
As One should come to Town—
And tell you all your Dreams—were true—
He lived—where Dreams were born—
His presence is Enchantment—
You beg him not to go—
Old Volume shake their Vellum Heads
And tantalize—just so—
Scheme | XXAX BXBX XXXC XCXC XAXA XXXX XDXD |
---|---|
Poetic Form | Quatrain (43%) |
Metre | 0101101 111011 010111001 01011 11000111 0100101 01011111 111111 11010101 11101 1101101001 0100011 1100101 10101 11010100 010001 1110101 01001 0111010 110001 11010 111111 01111101 111101 1101010 111111 1101111 01011 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 844 |
Words | 125 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 28 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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