Analysis of His Bill an Auger is
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
His Bill an Auger is,
His Head, a Cap and Frill.
He laboreth at every Tree
A Worm, His utmost Goal.
Scheme | ABCD |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 111101 110101 1111001 01111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 104 |
Words | 23 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 1 |
Stanza Lengths | 4 |
Lines Amount | 4 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 74 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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