Analysis of But little Carmine hath her face

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



But little Carmine hath her face—
Of Emerald scant—her Gown—
Her Beauty—is the love she doth—
Itself—exhibit—Mine&md ash;  


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11010101 110101 01010111 01010111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 141
Words 20
Sentences 1
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 95
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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