Analysis of I was the slightest in the House
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I was the slightest in the House—
I took the smallest Room—
At night, my little Lamp, and Book—
And one Geranium—
So stationed I could catch the Mint
That never ceased to fall—
And just my Basket—
Let me think—I'm sure—
That this was all—
I never spoke—unless addressed—
And then, 'twas brief and low—
I could not bear to live—aloud—
The Racket shamed me so—
And if it had not been so far—
And any one I knew
Were going—I had often thought
How noteless—I could die—
Scheme | XXXX XAXXA XBXB XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 11010001 110101 11110101 010100 11011101 110111 01110 11111 1111 11010101 011101 11111101 010111 01111111 010111 01011101 11111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 495 |
Words | 91 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 5, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 17 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 88 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 22, 2023
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