Analysis of The Black Berry—wears a Thorn in his side
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Black Berry—wears a Thorn in his side—
But no Man heard Him cry—
He offers His Berry, just the same
To Partridge—and to Boy—
He sometimes holds upon the Fence—
Or struggles to a Tree—
Or clasps a Rock, with both His Hands—
But not for Sympathy—
We—tell a Hurt—to cool it—
This Mourner—to the Sky
A little further reaches—instead—
Brave Black Berry—
Scheme | XAXX XBXB XAXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 0110101011 111111 110110101 110011 10110101 110101 11011111 111100 1101111 110101 010101001 1110 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 381 |
Words | 66 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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