Analysis of The Mountain sat upon the Plain
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Mountain sat upon the Plain
In his tremendous Chair—
His observation omnifold,
His inquest, everywhere—
The Seasons played around his knees
Like Children round a sire—
Grandfather of the Days is He
Of Dawn, the Ancestor—
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01010101 010101 10101 1110 01010111 1101010 1010111 11010 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 233 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 23 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 91 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 27, 2023
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