Analysis of They ask but our Delight
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
They ask but our Delight—
The Darlings of the Soil
And grant us all their Countenance
For a penurious smile.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111001 010101 01111100 101001 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 115 |
| Words | 22 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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