Analysis of I would distil a cup
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I would distil a cup,
And bear to all my friends,
Drinking to her no more astir,
By beck, or burn, or moor!
| Scheme | ABCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 110101 011111 1010111 111111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 112 |
| Words | 25 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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