Analysis of I asked no other thing
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I asked no other thing—
No other—was denied—
I offered Being—for it—
The Mighty Merchant sneered—
Brazil? He twirled a Button—
Without a glance my way—
"But—Madam—is there nothing else—
That We can show—Today?"
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111101 110101 1101011 010101 0111010 010111 11011101 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 235 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 81 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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