Analysis of The Soul that hath a Guest
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Soul that hath a Guest
Doth seldom go abroad—
Diviner Crowd at Home—
Obliterate the need—
And Courtesy forbid
A Host's departure when
Upon Himself be visiting
The Emperor of Men—
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 011101 110101 1111 01001 010001 010101 01011100 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 191 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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