Analysis of I reckon—when I count it all
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I reckon—when I count it all—
First—Poets—Then the Sun—
Then Summer—Then the Heaven of God—
And then—the List is done—
But, looking back—the First so seems
To Comprehend the Whole—
The Others look a needless Show—
So I write—Poets—All—
Their Summer—lasts a Solid Year—
They can afford a Sun
The East—would deem extravagant—
And if the Further Heaven—
Be Beautiful as they prepare
For Those who worship Them—
It is too difficult a Grace—
To justify the Dream—
Scheme | ABXB XXXA XBXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 11011111 110101 110101011 010111 11010111 10101 01010101 111101 11010101 110101 01110100 0101010 11001101 111101 11110001 11001 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 497 |
Words | 80 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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