Analysis of If I should cease to bring a Rose
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If I should cease to bring a Rose
Upon a festal day,
'Twill be because beyond the Rose
I have been called away—
If I should cease to take the names
My buds commemorate—
'Twill be because Death's finger
Claps my murmuring lip!
Scheme | ABAB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11111101 01011 11010101 111101 11111101 11010 1101110 111001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 230 |
Words | 45 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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