Analysis of 'Tis Opposites—entice
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Tis Opposites—entice—
Deformed Men—ponder Grace—
Bright fires—the Blanketless—
The Lost—Day's face—
The Blind—esteem it be
Enough Estate—to see—
The Captive—strangles new—
For deeming—Beggars—play—
To lack—enamor Thee—
Tho' the Divinity—
Be only
Me—
| Scheme | ABAB CCXX CCCC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 110001 011101 11001 0111 010111 010111 01011 11101 110101 100100 110 1 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 287 |
| Words | 34 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 65 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 11 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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