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The Words The Happy Say by Emily Dickinson: poem analysis

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This is an analysis of The Words The Happy Say by Emily Dickinson.

The words the happy say
Are paltry melody…

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Structure

  • Rhyme scheme: XXaa
  • Stanza lengths: 4,
  • Metre: 010101 110100 110101 1100
  • Closest metre: iambic trimeter
  • Guessed form: unknown form
  • Stanzas: 1
  • Lines: 4

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