Analysis of Good to hide, and hear 'em hunt!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Good to hide, and hear 'em hunt!
Better, to be found,
If one care to, that is,
The Fox fits the Hound—
Good to know, and not tell,
Best, to know and tell,
Can one find the rare Ear
Not too dull—
| Scheme | XAXA BBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1110111 10111 111111 01101 111011 11101 111011 111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 199 |
| Words | 44 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 70 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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