Analysis of Low at my problem bending

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Low at my problem bending,
Another problem comes—
Larger than mine—Serener—
Involving statelier sums.

I check my busy pencil,
My figures file away.
Wherefore, my baffled fingers
They perplexity?


Scheme XAXA XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1111010 010101 10111 01011 1111010 110101 111010 10100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 201
Words 31
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 4
Lines Amount 8
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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