Analysis of I had a guinea golden
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I had a guinea golden—
I lost it in the sand—
And tho' the sum was simple
And pounds were in the land—
Still, had it such a value
Unto my frugal eye—
That when I could not find it—
I sat me down to sigh.
I had a crimson Robin—
Who sang full many a day
But when the woods were painted,
He, too, did fly away—
Time brought me other Robins—
Their ballads were the same—
Still, for my missing Troubador
I kept the "house at hame."
I had a star in heaven—
One "Pleiad" was its name—
And when I was not heeding,
It wandered from the same.
And tho' the skies are crowded—
And all the night ashine—
I do not care about it—
Since none of them are mine.
My story has a moral—
I have a missing friend—
"Pleiad" its name, and Robin,
And guinea in the sand.
And when this mournful ditty
Accompanied with tear—
Shall meet the eye of traitor
In country far from here—
Grant that repentance solemn
May seize upon his mind—
And he no consolation
Beneath the sun may find.
Scheme | ABCBXDED AFGF XHIH AHXHGAEX CXABXIIIXJAJ |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101010 111001 0101110 010001 1111010 101101 1111111 111111 1101010 1111001 1101010 111101 1111010 110001 111101 110111 1101010 110111 0111110 110101 0101110 01011 1111011 111111 1101010 110101 1011010 010001 0111010 010011 1101110 010111 1101010 110111 011010 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 965 |
Words | 194 |
Sentences | 7 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 8, 4, 4, 8, 12 |
Lines Amount | 36 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 145 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 38 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 22, 2023
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