Analysis of The Drop, that wrestles in the Sea
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Drop, that wrestles in the Sea—
Forgets her own locality—
As I—toward Thee—
She knows herself an incense small—
Yet small—she sighs—if All—is All—
How larger—be?
The Ocean—smiles—at her Conceit—
But she, forgetting Amphitrite—
Pleads—"Me"?
| Scheme | AAA BBA CCA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01110001 01010100 11011 11011011 11111111 1101 01011001 110101 11 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 273 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 9 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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