Analysis of We—Bee and I—live by the quaffing
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
We—Bee and I—live by the quaffing—
'Tisn't all Hock—with us—
Life has its Ale—
But it's many a lay of the Dim Burgundy—
We chant—for cheer—when the Wines—fail—
Do we "get drunk"?
Ask the jolly Clovers!
Do we "beat" our "Wife"?
I—never wed—
Bee—pledges his—in minute flagons—
Dainty—as the trees—on our deft Head—
While runs the Rhine—
He and I—revel—
First—at the vat—and latest at the Vine—
Noon—our last Cup—
"Found dead"—"of Nectar"—
By a humming Coroner—
In a By-Thyme!
| Scheme | ABCXC ABXDBD EXEXFFX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011101 11111 1111 111001101100 11111011 1111 10101 111101 1101 11010101 1010111011 1101 10110 1101010101 11011 11110 1010100 0011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 524 |
| Words | 82 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 6, 7 |
| Lines Amount | 18 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 115 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 27 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 19, 2023
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