Analysis of What Soft—Cherubic Creatures
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
What Soft—Cherubic Creatures—
These Gentlewomen are—
One would as soon assault a Plush—
Or violate a Star—
Such Dimity Convictions—
A Horror so refined
Of freckled Human Nature—
Of Deity—ashamed—
It's such a common—Glory—
A Fisherman's—Degree—
Redemption—Brittle Lady—
Be so—ashamed of Thee—
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX BBBB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1101010 11001 11110101 110001 11010 010101 1101010 110001 1101010 010001 0101010 110111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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