This is an analysis of the poem To Emily Dickinson that begins with:

You who desired so much--in vain to ask--
Yet fed you hunger like an endless task,... full text

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: aabb ccbb dddd ee
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 4,4,4,2,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: couplets
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 11010110101 1111011101 1101010101 0111010001 10011111001 11110011001 1101010001 11010001001 10110110011 0101101101 1111010101 11000000101 1101001101 1111011111
  • Amount of stanzas: 4
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 146
  • Average number of words per stanza: 25
  • Amount of lines: 14
  • Average number of symbols per line: 41 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 7
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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