Analysis of Bloom upon the Mountain—stated

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



Bloom upon the Mountain—stated—
Blameless of a Name—
Efflorescence of a Sunset—
Reproduced—the same—

Seed, had I, my Purple Sowing
Should endow the Day—
Not a Topic of a Twilight—
Show itself away—

Who for tilling—to the Mountain
Come, and disappear—
Whose be Her Renown, or fading,
Witness, is not here—

While I state—the Solemn Petals,
Far as North—and East,
Far as South and West—expanding—
Culminate—in Rest—

And the Mountain to the Evening
Fit His Countenance—
Indicating, by no Muscle—
The Experience—


Scheme XAXA BCXC XXBX XXBX BDXD
Poetic Form Quatrain  (60%)
Tetractys  (30%)
Etheree  (30%)
Metre 10101010 10101 1101 0101 11111010 10101 1010101 10101 11101010 1001 11001110 10111 11101010 11101 11101010 1001 00101010 11100 1001110 00100
Closest metre Iambic trimeter
Characters 538
Words 84
Sentences 1
Stanzas 5
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 4
Lines Amount 20
Letters per line (avg) 20
Words per line (avg) 4
Letters per stanza (avg) 79
Words per stanza (avg) 16
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 15, 2023

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