Analysis of Smiling back from Coronation
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Smiling back from Coronation
May be Luxury—
On the Heads that started with us—
Being's Peasantry—
Recognizing in Procession
Ones We former knew—
When Ourselves were also dusty—
Centuries ago—
Had the Triumph no Conviction
Of how many be—
Stimulated—by the Contrast—
Unto Misery—
| Scheme | ABXB AXBX ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (67%) |
| Metre | 1011010 11100 10111011 10100 1000010 11101 100101010 10001 10101010 11101 1001010 10100 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 295 |
| Words | 46 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 75 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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