Analysis of As Sleigh Bells seem in summer
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
As Sleigh Bells seem in summer
Or Bees, at Christmas show—
So fairy—so fictitious
The individuals do
Repealed from observation—
A Party that we knew—
More distant in an instant
Than Dawn in Timbuctoo.
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|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 1111010 111101 1101010 001001 011010 010111 1100110 1101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic trimeter |
| Characters | 209 |
| Words | 36 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 1 |
| Stanza Lengths | 8 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 20 |
| Words per line (avg) | 4 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 161 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 34 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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