Analysis of Precious to Me—She still shall be
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Precious to Me—She still shall be—
Though She forget the name I bear—
The fashion of the Gown I wear—
The very Color of My Hair—
So like the Meadows—now—
I dared to show a Tress of Theirs
If haply—She might not despise
A Buttercup's Array—
I know the Whole—obscures the Part—
The fraction—that appeased the Heart
Till Number's Empery—
Remembered—as the Millner's flower
When Summer's Everlasting Dower—
Confronts the dazzled Bee.
| Scheme | ABBB XXXX CCBX XA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111111 11010111 01010111 01010111 11011 11110111 1111101 0101 11010101 01010101 1101 01010110 1100101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 454 |
| Words | 74 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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