Analysis of I cannot buy it—'tis not sold
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I cannot buy it—'tis not sold—
There is no other in the World—
Mine was the only one
I was so happy I forgot
To shut the Door And it went out
And I am all alone—
If I could find it Anywhere
I would not mind the journey there
Though it took all my store
But just to look it in the Eye—
"Did'st thou?" "Thou did'st not mean," to say,
Then, turn my Face away.
| Scheme | XXX XXX AAX XBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 11110001 110101 11110101 11010111 011101 1111110 11110101 111111 11111001 1111111111 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 363 |
| Words | 81 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 66 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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