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

Dear Emily, my tears would burn your page,
But for the fire-dry line that makes them burn— ...

Elements of the verse: questions and answers

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  • Rhyme scheme: abbaacca dcdcdd
  • Stanza lengths (in strings): 8,6,
  • Closest metre: iambic pentameter
  • Сlosest rhyme: enclosed rhyme
  • Сlosest stanza type: tercets
  • Guessed form: sonnet with iambic pentameter or irregular meter
  • Metre: 1100111111 11010111101 1011110111 1001111101 0111110100 1111101101 1101111111 1111011100 1111010101 1001000101 0110011101 1101010111 0111010111 0111001101
  • Amount of stanzas: 2
  • Average number of symbols per stanza: 301
  • Average number of words per stanza: 58
  • Amount of lines: 15
  • Average number of symbols per line: 39 (medium-length strings)
  • Average number of words per line: 8
  • Mood of the speaker:

    The punctuation marks are various. Neither mark predominates.

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

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