Analysis of An Hour is a Sea
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
An Hour is a Sea
Between a few, and me—
With them would Harbor be—
| Scheme | AAA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tercet Triplet |
| Metre | 110101 010101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 76 |
| Words | 17 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3 |
| Lines Amount | 3 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 49 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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