This is an analysis of Sexton! My Master's Sleeping Here by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aXXX XXXa
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 10110101 111001 1101011 1101010 1101110 0101010 10101100 10101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 3
  • Lines: 9