Analysis of The Night was wide, and furnished scant
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
The Night was wide, and furnished scant
With but a single Star—
That often as a Cloud it met—
Blew out itself—for fear—
The Wind pursued the little Bush—
And drove away the Leaves
November left—then clambered up
And fretted in the Eaves—
No Squirrel went abroad—
A Dog's belated feet
Like intermittent Plush, he heard
Adown the empty Street—
To feel if Blinds be fast—
And closer to the fire—
Her little Rocking Chair to draw—
And shiver for the Poor—
The Housewife's gentle Task—
How pleasanter—said she
Unto the Sofa opposite—
The Sleet—than May, no Thee—
Scheme | XXXX XAXA XBXB XXXX XCXC |
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Poetic Form | Quatrain (60%) Etheree (30%) |
Metre | 01110101 110101 11010111 110111 01010101 010101 01011101 010001 110101 010101 1010111 10101 111111 0101010 01010111 010101 01101 1111 10010100 011111 |
Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
Characters | 582 |
Words | 100 |
Sentences | 1 |
Stanzas | 5 |
Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4, 4, 4 |
Lines Amount | 20 |
Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
Words per line (avg) | 5 |
Letters per stanza (avg) | 87 |
Words per stanza (avg) | 20 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 16, 2023
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