Analysis of Between My Country—and the Others

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Between My Country—and the Others—
There is a Sea—
But Flowers—negotiate between us—
As Ministry.


Scheme ABCB
Poetic Form Ballad stanza
Quatrain 
Simple 4-line
Metre 011100010 1101 110010011 1100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 112
Words 17
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 77
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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