Analysis of So glad we are—a Stranger'd deem
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
So glad we are—a Stranger'd deem
'Twas sorry, that we were—
For where the Holiday should be
There publishes a Tear—
Nor how Ourselves be justified—
Since Grief and Joy are done
So similar—An Optizan
Could not decide between—
| Scheme | ABCDEFFG |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111011 110110 1101011 110001 11001110 110111 110011 11101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 177 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 39 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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