Analysis of For each ecstatic instant
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
For each ecstatic instant
We must an anguish pay
In keen and quivering ratio
To the ectasty.
For each beloved hour
Sharp pittances of years,
Bitter contested farthings
And coffers heaped with tears.
| Scheme | AXXA XBBX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1101010 111101 01010010 101 110110 1111 100101 010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| 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 23, 2023
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