Analysis of A science—so the Savants say
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A science—so the Savants say,
"Comparative Anatomy"—
By which a single bone—
Is made a secret to unfold
Of some rare tenant of the mold,
Else perished in the stone—
So to the eye prospective led,
This meekest flower of the mead
Upon a winter's day,
Stands representative in gold
Of Rose and Lily, manifold,
And countless Butterfly!
| Scheme | AXBCCB XXACCX |
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| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01010101 01000100 110101 11010101 11110101 110001 11010101 1110101 010101 1010001 1101010 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 336 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 130 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 29 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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