Analysis of Reverse cannot befall
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Reverse cannot befall
That fine Prosperity
Whose Sources are interior—
As soon—Adversity
A Diamond—overtake
In far—Bolivian Ground—
Misfortune hath no implement
Could mar it—if it found—
Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain |
Metre | 011001 110100 11010100 110100 01010 0101001 01011100 111111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 201 |
Words | 28 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 3 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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