Analysis of We talked as Girls do
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We talked as Girls do—
Fond, and late—
We speculated fair, on every subject, but the Grave—
Of ours, none affair—
We handled Destinies, as cool—
As we—Disposers—be—
And God, a Quiet Party
To our Authority—
But fondest, dwelt upon Ourself
As we eventual—be—
When Girls to Women, softly raised
We—occupy—Degree—
We parted with a contract
To cherish, and to write
But Heaven made both, impossible
Before another night.
Scheme | XXXX XAAA XAXA XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11111 101 11001110001101 110101 11010011 1111 0101010 1100100 110101001 1101001 11110101 11001 110101 110011 110110100 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 438 |
Words | 71 |
Sentences | 2 |
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) | 81 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 28, 2023
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