Analysis of The Service without Hope
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Service without Hope—
Is tenderest, I think—
Because 'tis unsustained
By stint—Rewarded Work—
Has impetus of Gain—
And impetus of Goal—
There is no Diligence like that
That knows not an Until—
| Scheme | XXAX XXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | ~Rispetto |
| Metre | 010011 1111 0111 110101 110011 010011 11110011 111101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 211 |
| Words | 35 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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