Analysis of By Chivalries as tiny

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



By Chivalries as tiny,
A Blossom, or a Book,
The seeds of smiles are planted—
Which blossom in the dark.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 11110 010101 0111110 110001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 111
Words 22
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 80
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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