Analysis of A Secret told
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Secret told—
Ceases to be a Secret—then—
A Secret—kept—
That—can appal but One—
Better of it—continual be afraid—
Than it—
And Whom you told it to—beside—
| Scheme | XXXX XXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101 10110101 0101 11111 10110100101 11 01111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 182 |
| Words | 29 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 7 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 59 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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