Analysis of They Shut Me Up in Prose
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
They shut me up in Prose --
As when a little Girl
They put me in the Closet --
Because they liked me "still" --
Still! Could themself have peeped --
And seen my Brain -- go round --
They might as wise have lodged a Bird
For Treason -- in the Pound --
Himself has but to will
And easy as a Star
Abolish his Captivity --
And laugh -- No more have I --
| Scheme | XXXA XBXB AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 111101 110101 1110010 011111 110111 011111 11111101 110001 011111 010101 01010100 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 346 |
| Words | 78 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 6 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 25 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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