Analysis of I'm saying every day
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I'm saying every day
"If I should be a Queen, tomorrow"—
I'd do this way—
And so I deck, a little,
If it be, I wake a Bourbon,
None on me, bend supercilious—
With "This was she—
Begged in the Market place—
Yesterday."
Court is a stately place—
I've heard men say—
So I loop my apron, against the Majesty
With bright Pins of Buttercup—
That not too plain—
Rank—overtake me—
And perch my Tongue
On Twigs of singing—rather high—
But this, might be my brief Term
To qualify—
Put from my simple speech all plain word—
Take other accents, as such I heard
Though but for the Cricket—just,
And but for the Bee—
Not in all the Meadow—
One accost me—
Better to be ready—
Than did next morn
Meet me in Aragon—
My old Gown—on—
And the surprised Air
Rustics—wear—
Summoned&mdas h;unexpectedly—
To Exeter—
Scheme | ABAC XXDEA EADXXD XFXF GGXDBD DXHH IICX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1101001 11110101 1111 0111010 11111010 11110100 1111 100101 10 110101 1111 111110010100 111110 1111 1101 0111 11110101 1111111 110 111101111 110101111 1110101 01101 10101 1011 101110 1111 11010 1111 00011 11 1011 1100 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 822 |
Words | 150 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 7 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 6, 4, 6, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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