Analysis of How many times these low feet staggered
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
How many times these low feet staggered—
Only the soldered mouth can tell—
Try—can you stir the awful rivet—
Try—can you lift the hasps of steel!
Stroke the cool forehead—hot so often—
Lift—if you care—the listless hair—
Handle the adamantine fingers
Never a thimble—more—shall wear—
Buzz the dull flies—on the chamber window—
Brave—shines the sun through the freckled pane—
Fearless—the cobweb swings from the ceiling—
Indolent Housewife—in Daisies—lain!
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110111110 1001111 111101010 11110111 101101110 11110101 100110 10010111 1011101010 110110101 100111010 10010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic pentameter |
| Characters | 494 |
| Words | 70 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 30 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 122 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 06, 2023
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