Analysis of The Luxury to apprehend
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Luxury to apprehend
The Luxury 'twould be
To look at Thee a single time
An Epicure of Me
In whatsoever Presence makes
Till for a further Food
I scarcely recollect to starve
So first am I supplied—
The Luxury to meditate
The Luxury it was
To banguet on thy Countenance
A Sumptuousness bestows
On plainer Days, whose Table far
As Certainty can see
Is laden with a single Crumb
The Consciousness of Thee.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 0100101 010011 11110101 11011 0010101 110101 1100111 111101 0100110 010011 1111100 0101 11011101 110011 11010101 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 400 |
| Words | 76 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| 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) | 82 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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