Analysis of Delight becomes pictorial
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Delight becomes pictorial
When viewed through pain,--
More fair, because impossible
That any gain.
The mountaln at a given distance
In amber lies;
Approached, the amber flits a little,--
And that's the skies!
Scheme | ABAB XCAC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 01010100 1111 11010100 1101 01101010 0101 010101010 0101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 209 |
Words | 37 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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