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 |
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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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