Analysis of 'Twould ease—a Butterfly
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Twould ease—a Butterfly—
Elate—a Bee—
Thou'rt neither—
Neither—thy capacity—
But, Blossom, were I,
I would rather be
Thy moment
Than a Bee's Eternity—
Content of fading
Is enough for me—
Fade I unto Divinity—
And Dying—Lifetime—
Ample as the Eye—
Her least attention raise on me—
| Scheme | ABXB ABXB XBB XAB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11010 0101 110 1010100 11001 11101 110 1010100 10110 10111 11100100 0101 10101 01010111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 303 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 3, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 14 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 54 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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