Analysis of Could I but ride indefinite
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Could I but ride indefinite
As doth the Meadow Bee
And visit only where I liked
And No one visit me
And flirt all Day with Buttercups
And marry whom I may
And dwell a little everywhere
Or better, run away
With no Police to follow
Or chase Him if He do
Till He should jump Peninsulas
To get away from me—
I said "But just to be a Bee"
Upon a Raft of Air
And row in Nowhere all Day long
And anchor "off the Bar"
What Liberty! So Captives deem
Who tight in Dungeons are.
Scheme | XAXA BCDC XXBA ADXE XE |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11110100 11011 01010111 011101 0111110 010111 0101010 110101 1101110 111111 11111 110111 11111101 010111 0101111 010101 11001101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 460 |
Words | 99 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 2 |
Lines Amount | 18 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 73 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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