Analysis of The Trees like Tassels—hit—and swung

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



The Trees like Tassels—hit—and swung—
There seemed to rise a Tune
From Miniature Creatures
Accompanying the Sun—

Far Psalteries of Summer—
Enamoring the Ear
They never yet did satisfy—
Remotest—when most fair

The Sun shone whole at intervals—
Then Half—then utter hid—
As if Himself were optional
And had Estates of Cloud

Sufficient to enfold Him
Eternally from view—
Except it were a whim of His
To let the Orchards grow—

A Bird sat careless on the fence—
One gossipped in the Lane
On silver matters charmed a Snake
Just winding round a Stone—

Bright Flowers slit a Calyx
And soared upon a Stem
Like Hindered Flags—Sweet hoisted—
With Spices—in the Hem—

'Twas more—I cannot mention—
How mean—to those that see—
Vandyke's Delineation
Of Nature's—Summer Day!


Scheme XXXA XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XBXB AXAX
Poetic Form
Metre 0111101 111101 110010 0100001 11110 010001 1101110 010111 01111100 111101 11010100 010111 0101011 010011 01100111 110101 01110101 11001 11010101 110101 1101010 010101 1101110 110001 1111010 111111 10010 110101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 784
Words 128
Sentences 2
Stanzas 7
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 28
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 86
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 03, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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