Analysis of Good Morning—Midnight
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Good Morning—Midnight—
I'm coming Home—
Day—got tired of Me—
How could I—of Him?
Sunshine was a sweet place—
I liked to stay—
But Morn—didn't want me—now—
So—Goodnight—Day!
I can look—can't I—
When the East is Red?
The Hills—have a way—then—
That puts the Heart—abroad—
You—are not so fair—Midnight—
I chose—Day—
But—please take a little Girl—
He turned away!
| Scheme | AXXX XBXB XXXX ABXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 1101 1101 111011 11111 11011 1111 1110111 111 11111 10111 011011 110101 111111 111 1110101 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 406 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 17 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 67 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 15 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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