Analysis of Tell all the truth but tell it slant
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Tell all the truth but tell it slant —
Success in Circuit lies
Too bright for our infirm Delight
The Truth's superb surprise
As Lightning to the Children eased
With explanation kind
The Truth must dazzle gradually
Or every man be blind —
| Scheme | ABCBDEFE |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 11011111 010101 111100101 010101 11010101 10101 011101000 1100111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 234 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 24 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 192 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 43 |
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