Analysis of It is an honorable thought,
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
It is an honorable thought,
And makes one lift one's hat,
As one encountered gentlefolk
Upon a daily street,
That we've immortal place,
Though pyramids decay,
And kingdoms, like the orchard,
Flit russetly away.
| Scheme | XXAX XAXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11110001 011111 110101 010101 110101 110001 0101010 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 223 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 84 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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