Analysis of A shady friend for torrid days
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
A shady friend for torrid days
Is easier to find
Than one of higher temperature
For frigid hour of mind.
The vane a little to the east
Scares muslin souls away;
If broadcloth breasts are firmer
Than those of organdy,
Who is to blame? The weaver?
Ah! the bewildering thread!
The tapestries of paradise!
So notelessly are made!
| Scheme | XABA XXBA BXXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain (33%) |
| Metre | 01011101 110011 11110100 1101011 01010101 110101 111110 1111 1111010 1001001 0100110 1111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 322 |
| Words | 60 |
| Sentences | 8 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 12 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 86 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 20, 2023
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