Analysis of The Tint I cannot take—is best
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Tint I cannot take—is best—
The Color too remote
That I could show it in Bazaar—
A Guinea at a sight—
The fine—impalpable Array—
That swaggers on the eye
Like Cleopatra's Company—
Repeated—in the sky—
The Moments of Dominion
That happen on the Soul
And leave it with a Discontent
Too exquisite—to tell—
The eager look—on Landscapes—
As if they just repressed
Some Secret—that was pushing
Like Chariots—in the Vest—
The Pleading of the Summer—
That other Prank—of Snow—
That Cushions Mystery with Tulle,
For fear the Squirrels—know.
Their Graspless manners—mock us—
Until the Cheated Eye
Shuts arrogantly—in the Grave—
Another way—to see—
Scheme | AXXX XBCB XDXX XAXA XEDE XBXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
Metre | 01110111 010101 11111001 010101 01101 11101 1010100 010001 0101010 110101 01110001 110011 010111 111101 1101110 1100001 0101010 110111 11010011 110101 111011 010101 11000001 010111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 678 |
Words | 106 |
Sentences | 2 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 85 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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