Analysis of A Moth the hue of this

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



A Moth the hue of this
Haunts Candles in Brazil.
Nature's Experience would make
Our Reddest Second pale.

Nature is fond, I sometimes think,
Of Trinkets, as a Girl.


Scheme XXXX XX
Poetic Form
Metre 010111 110001 10010011 1010101 10111011 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 166
Words 31
Sentences 4
Stanzas 2
Stanza Lengths 4, 2
Lines Amount 6
Letters per line (avg) 21
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 64
Words per stanza (avg) 15
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on March 05, 2023

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