Analysis of Why did you love you sir?

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



"Why do I love" You, Sir?
Because—
The Wind does not require the Grass
To answer—Wherefore when He pass
She cannot keep Her place.

Because He knows—and
Do not You—
And We know not—
Enough for Us
The Wisdom it be so—

The Lightning—never asked an Eye
Wherefore it shut—when He was by—
Because He knows it cannot speak—
And reasons not contained—
—Of Talk—
There be—preferred by Daintier Folk—

The Sunrise—Sire—compelleth Me—
Because He's Sunrise—and I see—
Therefore—Then—
I love Thee—
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Poetic Form
Metre 111111 01 01111001 1101111 110101 01110 111 0111 0111 010111 01010111 1111111 01111101 010101 11 1101111 011011 0111011 11 111 1
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 554
Words 103
Sentences 3
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 5, 5, 6, 5
Lines Amount 21
Letters per line (avg) 18
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 93
Words per stanza (avg) 21

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Is for father to enjoy their self

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Written on January 13, 2003

Submitted by Olamilemillion07 on August 20, 2022

Modified on April 28, 2023

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