I Should Have Been Too Glad, I See by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

This is an analysis of the poem I Should Have Been Too Glad, I See that begins with:

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I should have been too glad, I see—... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: X XaXbXb XaXXXX XXaXXXXXXXXb
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 1,6,6,12,
  • Closest metre: trochaic tetrameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: no rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: sonnet
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Metre: 1 111011110 110000101 01110010 11010111 011000000100 0100101 11101100010 110001101 111101 1111000000 11010000000 01010000 1110110010 1100001110 111101 0101001000 0100001000 11000000 10001000010 0100110000 0101000 110000001000 11000000100 100100101
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 237
  • Average number of words per stanza: 32
  • Amount of lines: 25
  • Average number of symbols per line: 37 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 5

  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

    The poet used anaphora at the beginnings of some neighboring lines. The same word 'tis is repeated.

    The author used the same word i at the beginnings of some neighboring stanzas. The figure of speech is a kind of anaphora.

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