Analysis of It's thoughts—and just One Heart

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



It's thoughts—and just One Heart—
And Old Sunshine—about—
Make frugal—Ones—Content—
And two or three—for Company—
Upon a Holiday—
Crowded—as Sacrament—

Books—when the Unit—
Spare the Tenant—long eno'—
A Picture—if it Care—
Itself—a Gallery too rare—
For needing more—

Flowers—to keep the Eyes—from going awkward—
When it snows—
A Bird—if they—prefer—
Though Winter fire—sing clear as Plover—
To our—ear—

A Landscape—not so great
To suffocate the Eye—
A Hill—perhaps—
Perhaps—the profile of a Mill
Turned by the Wind—
Tho' such—are luxuries—

It's thoughts—and just two Heart—
And Heaven—about—
At least—a Counterfeit—
We would not have Correct—
And Immortality—can be almost—
Not quite—Content—


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Poetic Form
Metre 110111 01101 110110 01111100 01010 101100 11010 1010110 010111 01010011 1101 10110111010 111 011101 1101011110 1101 01111 11001 0101 0101101 1101 111100 110111 01001 11010 111101 00100111 1110
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 776
Words 103
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 6, 5, 5, 6, 6
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 19
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 20
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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