Analysis of Ah, Teneriffe!
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Ah, Teneriffe!
Retreating Mountain!
Purples of Ages—pause for you—
Sunset—reviews her Sapphire Regiment—
Day—drops you her Red Adieu!
Still—Clad in your Mail of ices—
Thigh of Granite—and thew—of Steel—
Heedless—alike—of pomp—or parting
Ah, Teneriffe!
I'm kneeling—still—
| Scheme | Axbxb xxx Ax |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Etheree (20%) |
| Metre | 11 01010 10110111 1010100100 1110101 11011110 11100111 10111110 11 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 300 |
| Words | 38 |
| Sentences | 5 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 5, 3, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 10 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 21 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 71 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 12 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 26, 2023
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