Analysis of I envy Seas, whereon He rides

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



I envy Seas, whereon He rides—
I envy Spokes of Wheels
Of Chariots, that Him convey—
I envy Crooked Hills

That gaze upon His journey—
How easy All can see
What is forbidden utterly
As Heaven—unto me!

I envy Nests of Sparrows—
That dot His distant Eaves—
The wealthy Fly, upon His Pane—
The happy—happy Leaves—

That just abroad His Window
Have Summer's leave to play—
The Ear Rings of Pizarro
Could not obtain for me—

I envy Light—that wakes Him—
And Bells—that boldly ring
To tell Him it is Noon, abroad—
Myself—be Noon to Him—

Yet interdict—my Blossom—
And abrogate—my Bee—
Lest Noon in Everlasting Night—
Drop Gabriel—and Me—


Scheme XXAX BBBB XCXC DADB EXXE XBXB
Poetic Form Quatrain  (50%)
Metre 1101111 110111 11001101 110101 1101110 110111 11100100 110101 1101110 111101 01010111 010101 1101110 110111 0111010 110111 1101111 011101 11111101 11111 110110 01011 1100101 110001
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 660
Words 112
Sentences 2
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 24
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 5
Letters per stanza (avg) 81
Words per stanza (avg) 18
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 05, 2023

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Emily Dickinson

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