Analysis of Sown in dishonor
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
"Sown in dishonor"!
Ah! Indeed!
May this "dishonor" be?
If I were half so fine myself
I'd notice nobody!
"Sown in corruption"!
Not so fast!
Apostle is askew!
Corinthians 1. 15. narrates
A Circumstance or two!
| Scheme | XXAXA XXBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (40%) Tetractys (20%) |
| Metre | 10010 101 110101 1101111 1101 10010 111 010101 101 01011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 207 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 12 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 16 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 78 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 24, 2023
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