Analysis of The Sun and Moon must make their haste
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Sun and Moon must make their haste—
The Stars express around
For in the Zones of Paradise
The Lord alone is burned—
His Eye, it is the East and West—
The North and South when He
Do concentrate His Countenance
Like Glow Worms, flee away—
Oh Poor and Far—
Oh Hindred Eye
That hunted for the Day—
The Lord a Candle entertains
Entirely for Thee—
| Scheme | XXXX XAXB XXBXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 01011111 010101 1001110 010111 11110101 010111 1101100 111101 1101 111 110101 0101001 010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 355 |
| Words | 68 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 5 |
| Lines Amount | 13 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 90 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 22 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 17, 2023
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