Analysis of In lands I never saw—they say
Emily Dickinson 1830 (Amherst) – 1886 (Amherst)
In lands I never saw—they say
Immortal Alps look down—
Whose Bonnets touch the firmament—
Whose Sandals touch the town—
Meek at whose everlasting feet
A Myriad Daisy play—
Which, Sir, are you and which am I
Upon an August day?
| Scheme | ABCB CAXA |
|---|---|
| Poetic Form | Quatrain |
| Metre | 01110111 010111 11101 110101 1110101 0100101 11110111 011101 |
| Closest metre | Iambic tetrameter |
| Characters | 237 |
| Words | 43 |
| Sentences | 2 |
| Stanzas | 2 |
| Stanza Lengths | 4, 4 |
| Lines Amount | 8 |
| Letters per line (avg) | 22 |
| Words per line (avg) | 5 |
| Letters per stanza (avg) | 89 |
| Words per stanza (avg) | 21 |
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Submitted on May 13, 2011
Modified on March 05, 2023
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