Analysis of A Tooth upon Our Peace
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Tooth upon Our Peace
The Peace cannot deface—
Then Wherefore be the Tooth?
To vitalize the Grace—
The Heaven hath a Hell—
Itself to signalize—
And every sign before the Place
Is Gilt with Sacrifice—
| Scheme | ABXB XABX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0101101 011001 11101 1101 010101 0111 010010101 11110 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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