Analysis of Essential Oils—are wrung
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Essential Oils—are wrung—
The Attar from the Rose
Be not expressed by Suns—alone—
It is the gift of Screws—
The General Rose—decay—
But this—in Lady's Drawer
Make Summer—When the Lady lie
In Ceaseless Rosemary—
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 010111 010101 11011101 110111 0100101 110101 11010101 01010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 231 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 11, 2023
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