Analysis of By my Window have I for Scenery

Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)



By my Window have I for Scenery
Just a Sea—with a Stem—
If the Bird and the Farmer—deem it a "Pine"—
The Opinion will serve—for them—

It has no Port, nor a "Line"—but the Jays—
That split their route to the Sky—
Or a Squirrel, whose giddy Peninsula
May be easier reached—this way—

For Inlands—the Earth is the under side—
And the upper side—is the Sun—
And its Commerce—if Commerce it have—
Of Spice—I infer from the Odors borne—

Of its Voice—to affirm—when the Wind is within—
Can the Dumb—define the Divine?
The Definition of Melody—is—
That Definition is none—

It—suggests to our Faith—
They—suggest to our Sight—
When the latter—is put away
I shall meet with Conviction I somewhere met
That Immortality—

Was the Pine at my Window a "Fellow
Of the Royal" Infinity?
Apprehensions—are God's introductions—
To be hallowed—accordingly—


Scheme ABCB XXXD XEXX XCXE XXDXA XAXA
Poetic Form
Metre 1110111100 101101 10100101101 00101111 1111101101 1111101 10101100100 11100111 110110101 00101101 011011011 1110110101 111101101101 10101001 001011001 101011 1011101 1011101 10101101 1111010111 10100 1011110010 10100100 01011010 11100100
Closest metre Iambic tetrameter
Characters 890
Words 143
Sentences 3
Stanzas 6
Stanza Lengths 4, 4, 4, 4, 5, 4
Lines Amount 25
Letters per line (avg) 26
Words per line (avg) 6
Letters per stanza (avg) 108
Words per stanza (avg) 24
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Submitted on May 13, 2011

Modified on April 28, 2023

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