Analysis of He parts Himself—like Leaves
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
He parts Himself—like Leaves—
And then—He closes up—
Then stands upon the Bonnet
Of Any Buttercup—
And then He runs against
And oversets a Rose—
And then does Nothing—
Then away upon a Jib—He goes—
And dangles like a Mote
Suspended in the Noon—
Uncertain—to return Below—
Or settle in the Moon—
What come of Him—at Night—
The privilege to say
Be limited by Ignorance—
What come of Him—That Day—
The Frost—possess the World—
In Cabinets—be shown—
A Sepulchre of quaintest Floss—
An Abbey—a Cocoon—
Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC XDXD XXXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (80%) Etheree (45%) Tetractys (25%) |
Metre | 110111 011101 1101010 11010 011101 0101 01110 101010111 010101 010001 01010101 110001 111111 01011 11001100 111111 010101 010011 01111 110001 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 535 |
Words | 87 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 77 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 11, 2023
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