This is an analysis of Of Brussels—it Was Not by Emily Dickinson.

Of Brussels—it was not—
Of Kidderminster? Nay—…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: abcb dede cfefXaebe
  • Stanza lengths: 4,4,9,
  • Metre: 010011 010001 01010001 110101 010101 010101 01010101 010101 011101 010101 01110101 110001 0110001 110101 100000101 1000001
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 4
  • Lines: 16

Repeated words/phrases

of, it

Anaphora

of, upholsterer