Analysis of Such is the Force of Happiness
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Such is the Force of Happiness—
The Least—can lift a Ton
Assisted by its stimulus—
Who Misery—sustain—
No Sinew can afford—
The Cargo of Themselves—
Too infinite for Consciousness'
Slow capabilities.
| Scheme | AXA XXXAX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011100 011101 01011100 110001 11101 01101 11001100 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 214 |
| Words | 33 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 3, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 80 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 16 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 01, 2023
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