Analysis of When Bells stop ringing—Church—begins
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
When Bells stop ringing—Church—begins
The Positive—of Bells—
When Cogs—stop—that's Circumference—
The Ultimate—of Wheels.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11110101 010011 1111010 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 142 |
| Words | 15 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 25 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 99 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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