Analysis of It would never be Common—more—I said
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It would never be Common—more—I said—
Difference—had begun—
Many a bitterness—had been—
But that old sort—was done—
Or—if it sometime—showed—as 'twill—
Upon the Downiest—Morn—
Such bliss—had I—for all the years—
'Twould give an Easier—pain—
I'd so much joy—I told it—Red—
Upon my simple Cheek—
I felt it publish—in my Eye—
'Twas needless—any speak—
I walked—as wings—my body bore—
The feet—I former used—
Unnecessary—now to me—
As boots—would be—to Birds—
I put my pleasure all abroad—
I dealth a word of Gold
To every Creature—that I met—
And Dowered—all the World—
When—suddenly—my Riches shrank—
A Goblin—drank my Dew—
My Palaces—dropped tenantless—
Myself—was beggared—too—
I clutched at sounds—
I groped at shapes—
I touched the tops of Films—
I felt the Wilderness roll back
Along my Golden lines—
The Sackcloth—hangs upon the nail—
The Frock I used to wear—
But where my moment of Brocade—
My—drop—of India?
Scheme | ABXB XXCX ADXD XXXX XXXX XECE XXXXX XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1110110111 100101 10010011 111111 1111111 01011 11111101 1111001 11111111 011101 11110011 110101 11111101 011101 0100111 111111 11110101 110111 110010111 01101 11001101 010111 110011 1111 1111 1111 110111 11010011 011101 0110101 011111 11110101 111100 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 1,016 |
Words | 147 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4 |
Lines Amount | 33 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 29, 2023
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