Analysis of Not probable—The barest Chance
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Not probable—The barest Chance—
A smile too few—a word too much
And far from Heaven as the Rest—
The Soul so close on Paradise—
What if the Bird from journey far—
Confused by Sweets—as Mortals—are—
Forget the secret of His wing
And perish—but a Bough between—
Oh, Groping feet—
Oh Phantom Queen!
| Scheme | XXXX AAXBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (30%) Etheree (30%) |
| Metre | 11000101 01110111 01110101 0111110 11011101 01111101 01010111 01010101 1101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 318 |
| Words | 54 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 26 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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