This is an analysis of Could I But Ride Indefinite by Emily Dickinson.

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Could I but ride indefinite…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X abab Xbcb XXXX XcXX Xc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,2,
  • Metre: 1 11110100 110111 11010111 111101 11110101 110111 11010101 110101 0101010 111011 11111000 0101010 1110100010 010101 11011111 11010010 11001101 110101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 6
  • Lines: 19

Repeated words/phrases

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Anaphora

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