This is an analysis of The Tint I Cannot Take—is Best by Emily Dickinson.

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: X aaXa bbXb Xcac daXa XeXe dbXb
  • Stanza lengths: 1,4,4,4,4,4,4,
  • Metre: 1 01110101 010101 11110001 010101 0110001 110101 11010100 010001 0100010 110101 11000001 110001 0101111 101101 1101110 1100001 0100010 110101 11010001 110101 1101011 010101 11000001 010101
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 7
  • Lines: 25

Anaphora

the, that