Analysis of A Burdock—clawed my Gown
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A Burdock—clawed my Gown—
Not Burdock's—blame—
But mine—
Who went too near
The Burdock's Den—
A Bog—affronts my shoe—
What else have Bogs—to do—
The only Trade they know—
The splashing Men!
Ah, pity—then!
'Tis Minnows can despise!
The Elephant's—calm eyes
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| Scheme | XXXXA BBXAA CCX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01111 111 11 1111 011 010111 111111 010111 0101 1101 110101 010011 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 294 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5, 3 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 3 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 69 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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