Analysis of Distrustful of the Gentian
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Distrustful of the Gentian—
And just to turn away,
The fluttering of her fringes
Child my perfidy—
Weary for my—————
I will singing go—
I shall not feel the sleet—then—
I shall not fear the snow.
Flees so the phantom meadow
Before the breathless Bee—
So bubble brooks in deserts
On Ears that dying lie—
Burn so the Evening Spires
To Eyes that Closing go—
Hangs so distant Heaven—
To a hand below.
| Scheme | AXXBCDXD DBXCXDAD |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 0101010 011101 01001010 11100 1011 11101 1111011 111101 110101 010101 1101010 111101 110101 111101 111010 10101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 417 |
| Words | 75 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8, 8 |
| Lines Amount | 16 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 19 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 154 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 37 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on May 03, 2023
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