This is an analysis of I Would Not Paint—a Picture by Emily Dickinson.

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I would not paint—a picture—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aBcbdXef XBXbabdb efefdXXc
  • Stanza lengths: 1,8,8,8,
  • Metre: 1 1111010 110001 01010100 010101 11010101 110101 0111001 110001 1111110 110001 1100010 111101 1100010 110101 1101010 010101 1110010 010101 01010010 010001 0100110 11010 11010111 010100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 25