Analysis of I pay—in Satin Cash
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I pay—in Satin Cash—
You did not state—your price—
A Petal, for a Paragraph
It near as I can guess—
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 111111 0101010 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 114 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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