Analysis of 'Speech'—is a prank of Parliament
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Speech'—is a prank of Parliament—
'Tears'—is a trick of the nerve—
But the Heart with the heaviest freight on—
Doesn't—always—move —
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011100 1101101 1011010011 1011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 154 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 100 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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