Analysis of A fuzzy fellow, without feet
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A fuzzy fellow, without feet,
Yet doth exceeding run!
Of velvet, is his Countenance,
And his Complexion, dun!
Sometime, he dwelleth in the grass!
Sometime, upon a bough,
From which he doth descend in plush
Upon the Passer-by!
All this in summer.
But when winds alarm the Forest Folk,
He taketh Damask Residence—
And struts in sewing silk!
Then, finer than a Lady,
Emerges in the spring!
A Feather on each shoulder!
You'd scarce recognize him!
By Men, yclept Caterpillar!
By me! But who am I,
To tell the pretty secret
Of the Butterfly!
| Scheme | XABA XXXC DXBX XXDX DCXC |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (40%) Etheree (25%) |
| Metre | 01010011 110101 11011100 010101 111001 10101 11110101 010101 11010 111010101 11010100 010101 1101010 010001 0101110 11101 111100 111111 1101010 1010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 526 |
| Words | 96 |
| Sentences | 13 |
| Stanzas | 5 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 20 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 20, 2023
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