Analysis of The World—feels Dusty
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The World—feels Dusty
When We stop to Die—
We want the Dew—then—
Honors—taste dry—
Flags—vex a Dying face—
But the least Fan
Stirred by a friend's Hand—
Cools—like the Rain—
Mine be the Ministry
When they Thirst comes—
And Hybla Balms—
Dews of Thessaly, to fetch—
| Scheme | ABXB XXXX AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01110 11111 11011 1011 110101 1011 11011 1101 110100 1111 011 11111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic dimeter |
| Characters | 288 |
| Words | 48 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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