Analysis of His Bill an Auger is
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
His Bill an Auger is,
His Head, a Cap and Frill.
He laboreth at every Tree
A Worm, His utmost Goal.
| Scheme | ABCD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 110101 1111001 01111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 104 |
| Words | 23 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4 |
| Lines Amount | 4 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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