Analysis of Inconceivably solemn!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Inconceivably solemn!
Things go gay
Pierce—by the very Press
Of Imagery—
Their far Parades—order on the eye
With a mute Pomp—
A pleading Pageantry—
Flags, are a brave sight—
But no true Eye
Ever went by One—
Steadily—
Music's triumphant—
But the fine Ear
Winces with delight
Are Drums too near—
| Scheme | XXXA BXA CBXA XXCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Tetractys (60%) |
| Metre | 110 111 110101 1100 110110101 1011 010100 11011 1111 10111 100 10010 1011 1101 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 308 |
| Words | 53 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 3, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 15 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 15 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 58 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 13 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 23, 2023
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