Analysis of If recollecting were forgetting
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
If recollecting were forgetting,
Then I remember not.
And if forgetting, recollecting,
How near I had forgot.
And if to miss, were merry,
And to mourn, were gay,
How very blithe the fingers
That gathered this, Today!
| Scheme | ABABCDED |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10100010 110101 01010010 111101 0111010 01101 1101010 110101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 217 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 169 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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