Analysis of To wait an Hour—is long
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
To wait an Hour—is long—
If Love be just beyond—
To wait Eternity—is short—
If Love reward the end—
Scheme | ABCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1111011 111101 11010011 110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 116 |
Words | 21 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 14, 2023
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