Analysis of My Reward for Being, was This
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
My Reward for Being, was This.
My premium—My Bliss—
An Admiralty, less—
A Sceptre—penniless—
And Realms—just Dross—
When Thrones accost my Hands—
With "Me, Miss, Me"—
I'll unroll Thee—
Dominions dowerless—beside this Grace—
Election—Vote—
The Ballots of Eternity, will show just that.
| Scheme | AAXXX XBBXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10111011 110011 110001 010100 0111 110111 1111 111 110111 0101 010101001111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 310 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6 |
| Lines Amount | 11 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 110 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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