Analysis of It did not surprise me
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It did not surprise me—
So I said—or thought—
She will stir her pinions
And the nest forgot,
Traverse broader forests—
Build in gayer boughs,
Breathe in Ear more modern
God's old fashioned vows—
This was but a Birdling—
What and if it be
One within my bosom
Had departed me?
This was but a story—
What and if indeed
There were just such coffin
In the heart instead?
| Scheme | AXBX BBXB XAXA AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111011 11111 11101 00101 101010 10101 101110 11101 11101 10111 101110 10101 111010 10101 101110 00101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 372 |
| Words | 71 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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