Analysis of Bound—a trouble
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Bound—a trouble—
And lives can bear it!
Limit—how deep a bleeding go!
So—many—drops—of vital scarlet—
Deal with the soul
As with Algebra!
Tell it the Ages—to a cypher—
And it will ache—contented—on—
Sing&mdas h;at its pain—as any Workman—
Notching the fall of the Even Sun!
| Scheme | XXXXXX XXAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 1010 01111 10110101 110111010 1101 11100 110101010 01110101 1111111010 10110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 301 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 6, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 105 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 21, 2023
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