Analysis of The Birds begun at Four o'clock
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Birds begun at Four o'clock—
Their period for Dawn—
A Music numerous as space—
But neighboring as Noon—
I could not count their Force—
Their Voices did expend
As Brook by Brook bestows itself
To multiply the Pond.
Their Witnesses were not—
Except occasional man—
In homely industry arrayed—
To overtake the Morn—
Nor was it for applause—
That I could ascertain—
But independent Ecstasy
Of Deity and Men—
By Six, the Flood had done—
No Tumult there had been
Of Dressing, or Departure—
And yet the Band was gone—
The Sun engrossed the East—
The Day controlled the World—
The Miracle that introduced
Forgotten, as fulfilled.
Scheme | XAXX XXXX XXXX XXXX XXXA XXXX |
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Poetic Form | |
Metre | 01011101 110011 01010011 110011 111111 110101 11110101 11001 110001 0101001 01010001 11001 111101 11101 1010100 110001 110111 110111 1101010 010111 010101 010101 0100101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 644 |
Words | 110 |
Sentences | 3 |
Stanzas | 6 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 24 |
Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 83 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 18 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 27, 2023
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