Analysis of How well I knew Her not

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



How well I knew Her not
Whom not to know has been
A Bounty in prospective, now
Next Door to mine the Pain.


Scheme ABCD
Poetic Form
Metre 111101 111111 01000101 111101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 111
Words 25
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 4
Lines Amount 4
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 23
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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