Analysis of Your Riches—taught me—Poverty
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Your Riches—taught me—Poverty.
Myself—a Millionaire
In little Wealths, as Girls could boast
Till broad as Buenos Ayre—
You drifted your Dominions—
A Different Peru—
And I esteemed All Poverty
For Life's Estate with you—
Of Mines, I little know—myself—
But just the names, of Gems—
The Colors of the Commonest—
And scarce of Diadems—
So much, that did I meet the Queen—
Her Glory I should know—
But this, must be a different Wealth—
To miss it—beggars so—
I'm sure 'tis India—all Day—
To those who look on You—
Without a stint—without a blame,
Might I—but be the Jew—
I'm sure it is Golconda—
Beyond my power to deem—
To have a smile for Mine—each Day,
How better, than a Gem!
At least, it solaces to know
That there exists—a Gold—
Altho' I prove it, just in time
Its distance—to behold—
Its far—far Treasure to surmise—
And estimate the Pearl—
That slipped my simple fingers through—
While just a Girl at School.
Scheme | ABXB CDAD XCAC XEXC FDXD XXFX EGXG CXDX |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
Metre | 11011100 1001 01011111 111101 11011 010001 01011100 110111 1111011 110111 010101 0111 11111101 010111 111101001 111101 11110011 111111 01010101 111101 1111010 0111011 11011111 110101 111111 110101 1111101 110101 11110101 010001 11110101 110111 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 957 |
Words | 164 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 8 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 32 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 28, 2023
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