Analysis of Is it true, dear Sue?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Is it true, dear Sue?
Are there two?
I shouldn't like to come
For fear of joggling Him!
If I could shut him up
In a Coffee Cup,
Or tie him to a pin
Till I got in—
Or make him fast
To "Toby's" fist—
Hist! Whist! I'd come!
| Scheme | AABCDDEEFGB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11111 111 110111 11111 111111 00101 111101 1110 1111 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 51 |
| Sentences | 7 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 11 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 14 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 157 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 49 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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