Analysis of I'm the little
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I'm the little "Heart's Ease"!
I don't care for pouting skies!
If the Butterfly delay
Can I, therefore, stay away?
If the Coward Bumble Bee
In his chimney corner stay,
I, must resoluter be!
Who'll apologize for me?
Dear, Old fashioned, little flower!
Eden is old fashioned, too!
Birds are antiquated fellows!
Heaven does not change her blue.
Nor will I, the little Heart's Ease—
Ever be induced to do!
| Scheme | AXBB CBCC XDXDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 101011 1111101 101001 111101 1010101 0110101 1111 101011 11101010 1011101 1110010 1011101 11101011 1010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 72 |
| Sentences | 11 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 102 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 23 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 08, 2023
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