Analysis of One and One—are One
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
One and One—are One—
Two—be finished using—
Well enough for Schools—
But for Minor Choosing—
Life—just—or Death—
Or the Everlasting—
More—would be too vast
For the Soul's Comprising—
| Scheme | XAXA XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 10111 111010 10111 111010 1111 10010 11111 101010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 30 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 14 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 23, 2023
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