Analysis of No matter—now—Sweet
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
No matter—now—Sweet—
But when I'm Earl—
Won't you wish you'd spoken
To that dull Girl?
Trivial a Word—just—
Trivial—a Smile—
But won't you wish you'd spared one
When I'm Earl?
I shan't need it—then—
Crests—will do—
Eagles on my Buckles—
On my Belt—too—
Ermine—my familiar Gown—
Say—Sweet—then
Won't you wish you'd smiled—just—
Me upon?
| Scheme | XABA CXBA DEXE XDCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011 1111 111110 1111 100011 10001 1111111 111 111111 111 101110 1111 1010101 111 111111 101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 370 |
| Words | 56 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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