Analysis of The Day undressed—Herself
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Day undressed—Herself—
Her Garter—was of Gold—
Her Petticoat—of Purple plain—
Her Dimities—as old
Exactly—as the World—
And yet the newest Star—
Enrolled upon the Hemisphere
Be wrinkled—much as Her—
Too near to God—to pray—
Too near to Heaven—to fear—
The Lady of the Occident
Retired without a care—
Her Candle so expire
The flickering be seen
On Ball of Mast in Bosporus—
And Dome—and Window Pane—
Scheme | XABA XXCX XCXX XXXB |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (25%) |
Metre | 010101 010111 0101101 0111 010101 010101 0101010 110110 111111 1111011 0101010 010101 010101 010011 111101 010101 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 436 |
Words | 69 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 4 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 16 |
Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
Words per line (avg) | 4 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 79 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 17 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 25, 2023
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