Analysis of I fear a Man of frugal Speech

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I fear a Man of frugal Speech—
I fear a Silent Man—
Haranguer—I can overtake—
Or Babbler—entertain—

But He who weigheth—While the Rest—
Expend their furthest pound—
Of this Man—I am wary—
I fear that He is Grand—


Scheme XXXX XXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 110101 11110 11001 1111101 011101 1111110 111111
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 237
Words 40
Sentences 1
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 82
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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