Analysis of There is a morn by men unseen

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



There is a morn by men unseen—
Whose maids upon remoter green
Keep their Seraphic May—
And all day long, with dance and game,
And gambol I may never name—
Employ their holiday.

Here to light measure, move the feet
Which walk no more the village street—
Nor by the wood are found—
Here are the birds that sought the sun
When last year's distaff idle hung
And summer's brows were bound.

Ne'er saw I such a wondrous scene—
Ne'er such a ring on such a green—
Nor so serene array—
As if the stars some summer night
Should swing their cups of Chrysolite—
And revel till the day—

Like thee to dance—like thee to sing—
People upon the mystic green—
I ask, each new May Morn.
I wait thy far, fantastic bells—
Unto the different dawn!


Scheme AABCCB DDEXXE AABXDB XAXXX
Poetic Form
Metre 11011101 110111 1111 01111101 0111101 01110 11110101 11110101 110111 11011101 1111101 010101 11110101 11011101 110101 11011101 111111 010101 11111111 10010101 111111 11110101 1001001
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 738
Words 139
Sentences 5
Stanzas 4
Stanza Lengths 6, 6, 6, 5
Lines Amount 23
Letters per line (avg) 24
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 140
Words per stanza (avg) 34
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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