Analysis of All these my banners be
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
All these my banners be.
I sow my pageantry
In May—
It rises train by train—
Then sleeps in state again—
My chancel—all the plain
Today.
To lose—if one can find again—
To miss—if one shall meet—
The Burglar cannot rob—then—
The Broker cannot cheat.
So build the hillocks gaily
Thou little spade of mine
Leaving nooks for Daisy
And for Columbine—
You and I the secret
Of the Crocus know—
Let us chant it softly—
"There is no more snow!"
To him who keeps an Orchis' heart—
The swamps are pink with June.
| Scheme | AABCDCB DEDEAFAFXGAG XX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 111101 111100 01 110111 110101 11101 01 11111101 111111 0101011 010101 110110 110111 101110 0110 101010 10101 111110 11111 1111111 011111 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 522 |
| Words | 97 |
| Sentences | 6 |
| Stanzas | 3 |
| Stanza Lengths | 7, 12, 2 |
| Lines Amount | 21 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 18 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 129 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 31 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on April 08, 2023
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