Analysis of Before the ice is in the pools
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Before the ice is in the pools—
Before the skaters go,
Or any check at nightfall
Is tarnished by the snow—
Before the fields have finished,
Before the Christmas tree,
Wonder upon wonder
Will arrive to me!
What we touch the hems of
On a summer's day—
What is only walking
Just a bridge away—
That which sings so—speaks so—
When there's no one here—
Will the frock I wept in
Answer me to wear?
| Scheme | XAXA XBXB XCXC AXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (75%) |
| Metre | 01011001 010101 110111 110101 0101110 010101 100110 10111 111011 10101 111010 10101 111111 11111 101110 10111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 398 |
| Words | 77 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 4 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 76 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 09, 2023
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