Analysis of Better—than Music! For I—who heard it
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Better—than Music! For I—who heard it—
I was used—to the Birds—before—
This—was different—'Twas Translation—
Of all tunes I knew—and more—
'Twasn't contained—like other stanza—
No one could play it—the second time—
But the Composer—perfect Mozart—
Perish with him—that Keyless Rhyme!
So—Children—told how Brooks in Eden—
Bubbled a better—Melody—
Quaintly infer—Eve's great surrender—
Urging the feet—that would—not—fly—
Children—matured—are wiser—mostly—
Eden—a legend—dimly told—
Eve—and the Anguish—Grandame's story—
But—I was telling a tune—I heard—
Not such a strain—the Church—baptizes—
When the last Saint—goes up the Aisles—
Not such a stanza splits the silence—
When the Redemption strikes her Bells—
Let me not spill—its smallest cadence—
Humming—for promise—when alone—
Humming—until my faint Rehearsal—
Drop into tune—around the Throne—
Scheme | XABA CDXD BEXX EXEX CXFX FGXG |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 1011011111 11110101 111001010 1111101 10111010 111110101 100100110 10111101 110111010 10010100 100111010 10011111 100111010 10010101 10010110 111100111 1101011 10111101 110101010 10010101 111111010 10110101 100111010 10110101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 948 |
Words | 116 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 28 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 112 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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