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
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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