Analysis of I held a Jewel in my fingers
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I held a Jewel in my fingers—
And went to sleep—
The day was warm, and winds were prosy—
I said "'Twill keep"—
I woke—and chid my honest fingers,
The Gem was gone—
And now, an Amethyst remembrance
Is all I own—
| Scheme | ABAB AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 110100110 0111 01110101 1111 110111010 0111 011100010 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 225 |
| Words | 44 |
| 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) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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