This is an analysis of the poem Her Sweet Weight On My Heart A Night that begins with:

518
Her sweet Weight on my Heart a Night... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

The information we provided is prepared by means of a special computer program. Use the criteria sheet to understand greatest poems or improve your poetry analysis essay.

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXaX XXXX XXXX
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 01111101 1101010 11011001 1111100 0101001000 0100100 101101010 01001000 0110001010 100001010 010101010 11100110
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 108
  • Average number of words per stanza: 17
  • Amount of lines: 13
  • Average number of symbols per line: 33 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

If you write a school or university poetry essay, you should Include in your explanation of the poem:

  • summary of Her Sweet Weight On My Heart A Night;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

Good luck in your poetry interpretation practice!

More information about poems by Emily Dickinson