Analysis of How sick—to wait—in any place—but thine
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
How sick—to wait—in any place—but thine—
I knew last night—when someone tried to twine—
Thinking—perhaps—that I looked tired—or alone—
Or breaking—almost—with unspoken pain—
And I turned—ducal—
That right—was thine—
One port—suffices—for a Brig—like mine—
Ours be the tossing—wild though the sea—
Rather than a Mooring—unshared by thee.
Ours be the Cargo—unladed—here—
Rather than the "spicy isles—"
And thou—not there—
Scheme | AAXX XAA BBXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010111 111111111 100111110101 110110101 01110 1111 1101010111 1010101101 101010111 1010111 1010101 0111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 476 |
Words | 61 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 5 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 27 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 109 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 03, 2023
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