Analysis of The Spirit is the Conscious Ear
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Spirit is the Conscious Ear.
We actually Hear
When We inspect—that's audible—
That is admitted—Here—
For other Services—as Sound—
There hangs a smaller Ear
Outside the Castle—that Contain—
The other—only—Hear—
| Scheme | AAXA XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 01010101 11001 11011100 110101 11010011 110101 11010101 010101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 236 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 05, 2023
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