Analysis of A Man may make a Remark
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Man may make a Remark—
In itself—a quiet thing
That may furnish the Fuse unto a Spark
In dormant nature—lain—
Let us deport—with skill—
Let us discourse—with care—
Powder exists in Charcoal—
Before it exists in Fire.
| Scheme | AXAX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0111001 0010101 1110011001 010101 110111 111011 100101 01101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 40 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 30, 2023
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