Analysis of Many a phrase has the English language
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Many a phrase has the English language—
I have heard but one—
Low as the laughter of the Cricket,
Loud, as the Thunder's Tongue—
Murmuring, like old Caspian Choirs,
When the Tide's a' lull—
Saying itself in new infection—
Like a Whippoorwill—
Breaking in bright Orthography
On my simple sleep—
Thundering its Prospective—
Till I stir, and weep—
Not for the Sorrow, done me—
But the push of Joy—
Say it again, Saxton!
Hush—Only to me!
Scheme | XAXX XBAB CDXD CXAC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 1001101010 11111 110101010 11011 100111001 10101 100101010 101 10010100 11101 1001010 11101 1101011 10111 110110 11011 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 450 |
Words | 78 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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