Analysis of Some, too fragile for winter winds
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Some, too fragile for winter winds
The thoughtful grave encloses—
Tenderly tucking them in from frost
Before their feet are cold.
Never the treasures in her nest
The cautious grave exposes,
Building where schoolboy dare not look,
And sportsman is not bold.
This covert have all the children
Early aged, and often cold,
Sparrow, unnoticed by the Father—
Lambs for whom time had not a fold.
Scheme | AAXB XXXB XBXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
Metre | 11101101 01011 100101011 011111 10010001 0101010 1011111 010111 11011010 1010101 100101010 11111101 |
Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
Characters | 389 |
Words | 68 |
Sentences | 4 |
Stanzas | 3 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 12 |
Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
Words per line (avg) | 6 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 15, 2023
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