Analysis of There came a Wind like a Bugle

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



There cam a Wind like a Bugle -
It quivered through the Grass
And a Green Chill upon the Heat
So ominous did pass
We barred the Windows and the Doors
As from an Emerald Ghost -
The Doom's electric Moccasin
The very instant passed -
On a strange Mob of panting Trees
And Fences fled away
And Rivers where the Houses ran
Those looked that lived - that Day -
The Bell within the steeple wild
The flying tidings told -
How much can come
And much can go,
And yet abide the World!


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Poetic Form
Metre 11011010 11101 00110101 110011 11010001 111101 01010100 010101 10111101 010101 01010101 111111 01010101 010101 1111 0111 010101
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 466
Words 97
Sentences 2
Stanzas 1
Stanza Lengths 17
Lines Amount 17
Letters per line (avg) 22
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 371
Words per stanza (avg) 95
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 19, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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