Analysis of Not
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Not "Revelation"—'tis—that waits,
But our unfurnished eyes—
| Scheme | AB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1010111 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 72 |
| Words | 9 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 2 |
| Lines Amount | 2 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 46 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 7 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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