Analysis of His Feet are shod with Gauze
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
His Feet are shod with Gauze—
His Helmet, is of Gold,
His Breast, a Single Onyx
With Chrysophrase, inlaid.
His Labor is a Chant—
His Idleness—a Tune—
Oh, for a Bee's experience
Of Clovers, and of Noon!
| Scheme | XXXX XAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (50%) |
| Metre | 111111 110111 1101010 111 110101 110001 11010100 11011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 210 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 3 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| 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 April 06, 2023
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