Analysis of One Blessing had I than the rest

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



One Blessing had I than the rest
So larger to my Eyes
That I stopped gauging—satisfied—
For this enchanted size—

It was the limit of my Dream—
The focus of my Prayer—
A perfect—paralyzing Bliss—
Contented as Despair—

I knew no more of Want—or Cold—
Phantasms both become
For this new Value in the Soul—
Supremest Earthly Sum—

The Heaven below the Heaven above—
Obscured with ruddier Blue—
Life's Latitudes leant over—full—
The Judgment perished—too—

Why Bliss so scantily disburse—
Why Paradise defer—
Why Floods be served to Us—in Bowls—
I speculate no more—


Scheme XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXXX
Poetic Form Quatrain  (80%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 11011101 110111 1111010 110101 11010111 010111 0011001 010101 11111111 1101 11110001 1101 0100101001 01111 11010101 010101 11110001 11001 11111101 11011
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 594
Words 96
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 88
Words per stanza (avg) 19
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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