Analysis of Twas such a little—little boat
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
'Twas such a little—little boat
That toddled down the bay!
'Twas such a gallant—gallant sea
That beckoned it away!
'Twas such a greedy, greedy wave
That licked it from the Coast—
Nor ever guessed the stately sails
My little craft was lost!
Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | ~Double Dactyl |
Metre | 11010101 11101 11010101 110101 11010101 111101 11010101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 247 |
Words | 44 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 2 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 8 |
Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 94 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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