Analysis of Knows how to forget!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Knows how to forget!
But could It teach it?
Easiest of Arts, they say
When one learn how
Dull Hearts have died
In the Acquisition
Sacrificed for Science
Is common, though, now—
I went to School
But was not wiser
Globe did not teach it
Nor Logarithm Show
"How to forget"!
Say—some—Philosopher !
Ah, to be erudite
Enough to know!
Is it in a Book?
So, I could buy it—
Is it like a Planet?
Telescopes would know—
If it be invention
It must have a Patent.
Rabbi of the Wise Book
Don't you know?
| Scheme | ABXC XDXC XEBF AEXF GBXF DXGF |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11101 11111 1001111 1111 1111 00010 10110 11011 1111 11110 11111 11001 1101 110100 11110 0111 11001 11111 111010 1011 111010 111010 11011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 485 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 10 |
| Stanzas | 6 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 24 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 62 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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