Analysis of There is an arid Pleasure
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
There is an arid Pleasure—
As different from Joy—
As Frost is different from Dew—
Like element—are they—
Yet one—rejoices Flowers—
And one—the Flowers abhor—
The finest Honey—curdled—
Is worthless—to the Bee—
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111010 110011 11110011 110011 11110 0101001 010101 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 235 |
Words | 34 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 82 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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