Analysis of I like a look of Agony
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
I like a look of Agony,
Because I know it's true—
Men do not sham Convulsion,
Nor simulate, a Throe—
The Eyes glaze once—and that is Death—
Impossible to feign
The Beads upon the Forehead
By homely Anguish strung.
| Scheme | XAXA XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11011100 011111 1111010 110001 01110111 010011 0101010 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 222 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 02, 2023
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