Analysis of Once more, my now bewildered Dove
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Once more, my now bewildered Dove
Bestirs her puzzled wings
Once more her mistress, on the deep
Her troubled question flings—
Thrice to the floating casement
The Patriarch's bird returned,
Courage! My brave Columba!
There may yet be Land!
| Scheme | XAXA BBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 11110101 10101 11010101 010101 110101 010101 101110 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 241 |
| Words | 41 |
| Sentences | 4 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 96 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 12, 2023
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