I Met A King This Afternoon! by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Met A King This Afternoon! that begins with:

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I met a King this afternoon!... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X abcb dXdX XbXb XXea Xfcf XXaX Xefe
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Closest metre: iambic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 11010101 11110101 01010111 11111001 11111101 010101010 11110111 01110101 111101110 01111111 1100011000 01110011 01111001 110111010 10110001 11110101 11010111 110101 01010100 110101 1101010 010110 1001010 110101 11000101 110101 10010011 001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 8
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 107
  • Average number of words per stanza: 20
  • Amount of lines: 29
  • Average number of symbols per line: 29 (strings are less long than medium ones)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    There are many exclamation marks in the poem. The speaker is excited. He or she has strong feelings on the subject that is described in the poem.

  • The author used lexical repetitions to emphasize a significant image; he is repeated.

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

  • summary of I Met A King This Afternoon!;
  • central theme;
  • idea of the verse;
  • history of its creation;
  • critical appreciation.

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