Analysis of Soul, Wilt thou toss again?
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Soul, Wilt thou toss again?
By just such a hazard
Hundreds have lost indeed—
But tens have won an all—
Angel's breathless ballot
Lingers to record thee—
Imps in eager Caucus
Raffle for my Soul!
| Scheme | XXXX XXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111010 101101 111111 11010 101011 101010 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 200 |
| Words | 37 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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