Analysis of This was a Poet—It is That
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
This was a Poet—It is That
Distills amazing sense
From ordinary Meanings—
And Attar so immense
From the familiar species
That perished by the Door—
We wonder it was not Ourselves
Arrested it—before—
Of Pictures, the Discloser—
The Poet—it is He—
Entitles Us—by Contrast—
To ceaseless Poverty—
Of portion—so unconscious—
The Robbing—could not harm—
Himself—to Him—a Fortune—
Exterior—to Time—
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB BCXC XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 11010111 010101 110010 010101 1001010 110101 110111001 010101 11001 010111 0101110 110100 110110 010111 0111010 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 424 |
| Words | 61 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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