Analysis of Fairer through Fading—as the Day
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
Fairer through Fading—as the Day
Into the Darkness dips away—
Half Her Complexion of the Sun—
Hindering—Haunting—Perishing—
Rall ies Her Glow, like a dying Friend—
Teasing with glittering Amend—
Only to aggravate the Dark
Through an expiring—perfect—look—
| Scheme | AAXX BBXX |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | |
| Metre | 10110101 01010101 10010101 10010100 110110101 10110001 1011001 11010011 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 279 |
| Words | 39 |
| Sentences | 1 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 26 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 104 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 19 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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